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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Charleston, WV

June 12, 2026Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2026, 1:57 PM EDT for Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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 12, 2026, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 1:54 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:54 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:29 PM EDT, 28 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 12, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	31 min
Jun 12, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	24 min
Jun 12, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln	47 min
Jun 12, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	51 min
Jun 12, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Nicholas	47 min
Jun 12, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Wyoming	49 min
Jun 12, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	43 min
Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh	52 min
Jun 12, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	40 min
Jun 12, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	37 min
Jun 12, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	35 min
Jun 12, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	27 min
Jun 12, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	47 min
Jun 12, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	41 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	24 min
Jun 12, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	33 min
Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	45 min
Jun 12, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	38 min
Jun 12, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	16 min
Jun 12, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mercer	23 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	33 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	29 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	26 min
Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	24 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	92 min
Jun 12, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	42 min
Jun 12, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Vinton	47 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.