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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 2026McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 7:51 PM EDT, 21 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:51 PM EDT, 21 hours 4 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
Jun 2, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	37 min
Jun 2, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	29 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	34 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun	28 min
Jun 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	24 min
Jun 2, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	34 min
Jun 2, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	25 min
Jun 2, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	33 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm 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.