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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 19, 2026Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 19, 2026, 1:40 AM EST for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 19, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2026, 1:40 AM EST (06:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Jan 18, 6:49 PM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 6:49 PM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 18, 8:10 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.