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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Charleston, WV

June 18, 2026McDowell County, Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 8:55 AM EDT for McDowell County, Raleigh County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 18, 2026, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McDowell County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 18, 7:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 18, 4:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:40 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:41 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:43 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:45 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:51 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:54 AM EDT, 1 minute 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 18, 4:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	29 min
Jun 18, 4:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	31 min
Jun 18, 5:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	27 min
Jun 18, 5:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	36 min
Jun 18, 6:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	28 min
Jun 18, 6:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more	34 min
Jun 18, 6:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more	26 min
Jun 18, 6:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	32 min
Jun 18, 6:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming	36 min
Jun 18, 6:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more	31 min
Jun 18, 6:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more	28 min
Jun 18, 6:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	37 min
Jun 18, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming	34 min
Jun 18, 7:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph and 2 more	32 min
Jun 18, 7:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 7 more	28 min
Jun 18, 7:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming	28 min
Jun 18, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	35 min
Jun 18, 7:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Wyoming	26 min
Jun 18, 7:37 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	8 min
Jun 18, 7:39 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming	36 min
Jun 18, 7:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 4 more	31 min
Jun 18, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more	36 min
Jun 18, 7:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	3 hr
Jun 18, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	37 min
Jun 18, 8:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	27 min
Jun 18, 8:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	33 min
Jun 18, 10:02 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more	15 hr
Jun 18, 2:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	31 min
Jun 18, 2:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Vinton	37 min
Jun 18, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Vinton	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	33 min
Jun 18, 3:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	27 min
Jun 18, 3:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	6 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	30 min
Jun 18, 4:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	RLX	Jackson	24 min
Jun 18, 4:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Vinton	38 min
Jun 18, 5:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Jackson	35 min
Jun 18, 9:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Vinton	24 hr
Jun 18, 10:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton, Washington	6 hr

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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.