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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 45 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, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 10:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 21 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Vinton | 70 min |
| Aug 16, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 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.