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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Charleston, WV

August 16, 2026Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2026, 6:04 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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: Aug 16, 2026, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Aug 16, 1:05 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 Aug 15, 7:36 PM EDT, 22 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 7:36 PM EDT, 22 hours 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
Aug 16, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Tyler	87 min
Aug 16, 4:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
Aug 16, 4:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	7 hr
Aug 16, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	44 min
Aug 16, 6:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	7 hr
Aug 16, 6:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	60 hr
Aug 16, 6:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	6 hr
Aug 16, 7:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	6 hr
Aug 16, 8:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	4 hr
Aug 16, 8:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	18 hr
Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Raleigh	3 hr
Aug 16, 9:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur	23 hr
Aug 16, 11:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	9 hr
Aug 16, 11:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	8 hr
Aug 16, 12:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	12 hr
Aug 16, 12:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison	10 hr
Aug 16, 1:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	11 hr
Aug 16, 1:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	10 hr
Aug 16, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood	43 min
Aug 16, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more	46 min
Aug 16, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	34 min
Aug 16, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis and 3 more	42 min
Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	29 min
Aug 16, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis and 4 more	63 min
Aug 16, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	26 min
Aug 16, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	33 min
Aug 16, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	43 min
Aug 16, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	38 min
Aug 16, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	44 min
Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	54 min
Aug 16, 3:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	29 min
Aug 16, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	23 min
Aug 16, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	45 min
Aug 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	6 hr
Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	6 hr
Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Nicholas, Webster	32 min
Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	45 min
Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	28 min
Aug 16, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Taylor	25 min
Aug 16, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie	36 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	30 min
Aug 16, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	13 min
Aug 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	6 hr
Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	46 min
Aug 16, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	27 min
Aug 16, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	36 min
Aug 16, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	37 min
Aug 16, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	28 min
Aug 16, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	24 min
Aug 16, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	25 min
Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	50 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	49 min
Aug 16, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	37 min
Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wayne	3 hr
Aug 16, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	42 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wayne	33 min
Aug 16, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	28 min
Aug 16, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	48 min
Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	3 hr
Aug 16, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	24 min
Aug 16, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	34 min
Aug 16, 7:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor	6 hr
Aug 16, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	28 hr
Aug 16, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay	33 min
Aug 16, 12:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	7 hr
Aug 16, 1:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	4 hr
Aug 16, 1:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Morgan, Perry	4 hr
Aug 16, 2:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	4 hr
Aug 16, 5:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	3 hr
Aug 16, 5:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Washington	31 hr
Aug 16, 8:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	6 hr
Aug 16, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	38 min
Aug 16, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	39 min
Aug 16, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	47 min
Aug 16, 1:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	2 hr
Aug 16, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	38 min
Aug 16, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	40 min
Aug 16, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	28 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.