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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Charleston, WV

July 21, 20265 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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: Jul 21, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2026, 8:26 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 21, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 21, 7:12 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:01 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
701 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Buckhannon              38.98N 80.22W
07/21/2026                   Upshur             WV   Amateur Radio

            Report of swift water rescue from the creek
            along Little Sand Run Road.

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Webb

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:04 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:08 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
708 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     Flash Flood      4 SW Buckhannon         38.96N 80.29W
07/21/2026                   Upshur             WV   Amateur Radio

            Swift water rescues underway for people
            trapped in the upstairs of their home along
            Brush Fork Road.

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Webb

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:36 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:47 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
747 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

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0710 PM     Flash Flood      2 SSW Buckhannon        38.96N 80.24W
07/21/2026                   Upshur             WV   911 Call Center

            Stony Run Road near South Route 20 Road
            flooded with up to 3 feet of water.

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Webb

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	22 hr
Jul 21, 4:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	40 min
Jul 21, 12:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	43 min
Jul 21, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	38 min
Jul 21, 1:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	3 hr
Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie	30 min
Jul 21, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis	36 min
Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason	39 min
Jul 21, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	60 min
Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	31 min
Jul 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	50 min
Jul 21, 3:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RLX	Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	11 hr
Jul 21, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	65 min
Jul 21, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	47 min
Jul 21, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Tyler	37 min
Jul 21, 4:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	4 hr
Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	17 min
Jul 21, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	51 min
Jul 21, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	48 min
Jul 21, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	46 min
Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	27 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	52 min
Jul 21, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	37 min
Jul 21, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	49 min
Jul 21, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	56 min
Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	25 min
Jul 21, 5:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 3 more	7 hr
Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Taylor	31 min
Jul 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	34 min
Jul 21, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	67 min
Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	36 min
Jul 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	7 hr
Jul 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	55 min
Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	23 min
Jul 21, 6:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur	7 hr
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	47 min
Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	6 hr
Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	48 min
Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	66 min
Jul 21, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	47 min
Jul 21, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	23 min
Jul 21, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	31 min
Jul 21, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	46 min
Jul 21, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	28 min
Jul 21, 12:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	4 hr
Jul 21, 12:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	4 hr
Jul 21, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	38 min
Jul 21, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	23 min
Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Morgan	18 min
Jul 21, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	36 min
Jul 21, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Washington	31 min
Jul 21, 3:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	4 hr
Jul 21, 3:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Washington	4 hr
Jul 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	54 min
Jul 21, 5:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 21, 7:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Washington	9 hr
Jul 21, 4:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Greenup	37 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter, Lawrence	42 min
Jul 21, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	27 min
Jul 21, 7:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	18 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.