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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 393, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 10:14 AM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 61 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 5, 2026, 10:14 AM EDT (14:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County McDowell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:29 PM EDT, 14 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 7:29 PM EDT, 14 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 6:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Wirt | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Wirt | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 6:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane and 1 more | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 7:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Upshur | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 8:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 8:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 8:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 9:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 5:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 6:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Vinton | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 6:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Vinton, Washington | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Rowan | 37 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.