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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 2026, 11:58 PM EST for 5 counties in West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 19, 2026, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2026, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Washington County, OH, Doddridge County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
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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 Feb 19, 7:04 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 7:04 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 19, 7:30 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
730 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM Rain 1 W Beckley 37.79N 81.20W
02/19/2026 M1.00 Inch Raleigh WV Trained Spotter
Trained Spotter in Beckley measured an inch
of rain since midnight.
&&Local storm report, Feb 19, 7:32 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
732 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM Hail Grantsville 38.92N 81.10W
02/19/2026 M0.75 Inch Calhoun WV Trained Spotter
Trained spotter in Grantsville measured
penny size hail.
&&Special weather statement, Feb 19, 7:39 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 7:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 51 min |
| Feb 19, 11:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 19 min |
| Feb 19, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 35 min |
| Feb 19, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 12:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 13 min |
| Feb 20, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 12:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 12:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 12:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 18 min |
| Feb 20, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 12:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 22 min |
| Feb 20, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 19 min |
| Feb 20, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 14 min |
| Feb 20, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 1:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 15 min |
| Feb 20, 1:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt | 17 min |
| Feb 20, 1:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 23 min |
| Feb 20, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 18 min |
| Feb 20, 1:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 15 min |
| Feb 20, 1:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 1:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 1:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 19 min |
| Feb 20, 2:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 2:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 2:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 2:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 24 min |
| Feb 20, 2:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 2:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 3:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 20 min |
| Feb 20, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 3:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 3:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 4:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 4:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 5:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 14 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 11:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 13 min |
| Feb 19, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 12:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 13 min |
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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.