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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Charleston, WV

July 5, 20264 counties in West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 3:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia; Meigs 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: Jul 5, 2026, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 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, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	32 min
Jul 4, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	34 min
Jul 4, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	23 min
Jul 4, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan	33 min
Jul 4, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	47 min
Jul 4, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	31 min
Jul 5, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	29 min
Jul 5, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	27 min
Jul 5, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	27 min
Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	29 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt	34 min
Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	35 min
Jul 5, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun	36 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	32 min
Jul 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	34 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	14 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	32 min
Jul 5, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	31 min
Jul 5, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	24 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	30 min
Jul 5, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	35 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	21 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	35 min
Jul 5, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	34 min
Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	3 hr
Jul 4, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	27 min
Jul 4, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	30 min
Jul 4, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan	22 min
Jul 4, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	34 min
Jul 4, 9:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	32 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	36 min
Jul 5, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	34 min
Jul 5, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	25 min
Jul 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	30 min
Jul 4, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.