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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Charleston, WV

July 4, 2026Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2026, 3:24 PM EDT for Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 21 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: Jul 4, 2026, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDT, 19 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDT, 19 hours 55 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
Jul 4, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	23 min
Jul 4, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	25 min
Jul 4, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Raleigh	36 min
Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Wyoming	33 min
Jul 4, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	24 min
Jul 4, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	29 min
Jul 4, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Wyoming	34 min
Jul 4, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	28 min
Jul 4, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	25 min
Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	28 min
Jul 4, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie	36 min
Jul 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Raleigh	27 min
Jul 4, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	35 min
Jul 4, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Fayette, Lewis, Nicholas, Raleigh	23 min
Jul 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	34 min
Jul 4, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	31 min
Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	30 min
Jul 4, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis	25 min
Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	30 min
Jul 4, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	36 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis	28 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	28 min
Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	30 min
Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	29 min
Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur	30 min
Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	30 min
Jul 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	32 min
Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	30 min
Jul 4, 3:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Roane	2 hr
Jul 4, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur	37 min
Jul 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie	32 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	34 min
Jul 4, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph, Upshur, Webster	31 min
Jul 4, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	25 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	15 min
Jul 4, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur	28 min
Jul 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	29 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	23 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Tyler	33 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	25 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.