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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Charleston, WV

September 4, 20264 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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: Sep 4, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 2026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 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 Sep 4, 4:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:20 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:23 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:52 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 5:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 5:09 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
Sep 3, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	47 min
Sep 3, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	50 min
Sep 3, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	29 min
Sep 3, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	49 min
Sep 3, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	43 min
Sep 3, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	35 min
Sep 3, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Taylor	53 min
Sep 3, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	32 min
Sep 3, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	29 min
Sep 3, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	33 min
Sep 3, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	31 min
Sep 3, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	36 min
Sep 4, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	47 min
Sep 4, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	43 min
Sep 4, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	55 min
Sep 4, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	49 min
Sep 4, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	48 min
Sep 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	29 min
Sep 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Putnam	42 min
Sep 4, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 2 more	61 min
Sep 4, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood	54 min
Sep 4, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam	33 min
Sep 4, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor	66 min
Sep 4, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	59 min
Sep 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	49 min
Sep 4, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	45 min
Sep 4, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Roane	38 min
Sep 4, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	57 min
Sep 4, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	53 min
Sep 4, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison	61 min
Sep 4, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more	56 min
Sep 4, 3:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Upshur	3 hr
Sep 4, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster	40 min
Sep 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas, Webster	47 min
Sep 4, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Nicholas	45 min
Sep 4, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	42 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	47 min
Sep 4, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	28 min
Sep 4, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	38 min
Sep 4, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	50 min
Sep 4, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	40 min
Sep 4, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	23 min
Sep 4, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.