Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 6:56 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 19 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 22, 2026, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 21, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Aug 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Summers | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Wood | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 21 min |
| Aug 22, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie and 4 more | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 17 min |
| Aug 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 3 more | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Vinton | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Vinton | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 22, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.