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Freeze Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

April 30, 2026Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Apr 30, 2026, 2:06 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 1, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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: Apr 30, 2026, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 30, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 2:06 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 3 more	31 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2026 Every freeze warning in 2026

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.