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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Charleston, WV

September 21, 2026Fayette County, Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2026, 12:43 PM EDT for Fayette County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2026, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 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 21, 3:40 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:40 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 10:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 12:30 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1230 PM EDT Mon Sep 21 2026

WVZ517>520-211715-
Southeast Nicholas WV-Southeast Fayette WV-Northwest Nicholas WV-
Northwest Fayette WV-
1230 PM EDT Mon Sep 21 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...

At 1230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fayetteville, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Ansted, Hawks Nest State Park, and Nettie.

This includes Route 19 between mile markers 18 and 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 8071 3810 8087 3808 8089 3806 8086
      3805 8083 3806 8082 3806 8080 3804 8083
      3802 8080 3800 8079 3798 8077 3798 8078
      3801 8112 3813 8113 3824 8068 3811 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 264DEG 22KT 3808 8103

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

5

Local storm report, Sep 21, 12:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1234 PM EDT Mon Sep 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     Flood            4 SW Athens             39.28N 82.14W
09/21/2026                   Athens             OH   911 Call Center

            Water rescue conducted along Fisher Road.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 10:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	6 hr
Sep 20, 11:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason	5 hr
Sep 20, 11:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	6 hr
Sep 21, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	24 min
Sep 21, 12:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	4 hr
Sep 21, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	25 min
Sep 21, 12:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood	5 hr
Sep 21, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	39 min
Sep 21, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	33 min
Sep 21, 1:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	4 hr
Sep 21, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer	50 min
Sep 21, 1:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer	23 min
Sep 21, 1:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane	3 hr
Sep 21, 1:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Ritchie	3 hr
Sep 21, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Upshur	36 min
Sep 21, 2:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	106 min
Sep 21, 2:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	111 min
Sep 21, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	27 min
Sep 21, 4:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	48 hr
Sep 21, 5:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	9 hr
Sep 21, 5:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more	7 hr
Sep 21, 8:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	4 hr
Sep 21, 10:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	26 min
Sep 21, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt, Wood	31 min
Sep 21, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	45 min
Sep 21, 1:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	10 hr
Sep 21, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	30 min
Sep 21, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	25 min
Sep 21, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	33 min
Sep 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	3 hr
Sep 21, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	29 min
Sep 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	26 min
Sep 21, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	32 min
Sep 21, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	26 min
Sep 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	25 min
Sep 21, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	30 min
Sep 21, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	37 min
Sep 21, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	36 min
Sep 21, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wayne	16 min
Sep 21, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	35 min
Sep 21, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	23 min
Sep 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	34 min
Sep 21, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	28 min
Sep 21, 6:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	13 min
Sep 21, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	34 min
Sep 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	35 min
Sep 21, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	34 min
Sep 21, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	2 hr
Sep 21, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	11 min
Sep 20, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	35 min
Sep 20, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	37 min
Sep 20, 10:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	6 hr
Sep 20, 10:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	6 hr
Sep 20, 10:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	6 hr
Sep 20, 10:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Vinton	19 min
Sep 20, 11:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	10 min
Sep 20, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	32 min
Sep 20, 11:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Vinton	4 hr
Sep 20, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	35 min
Sep 20, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	36 min
Sep 21, 12:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	4 hr
Sep 21, 3:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	6 hr
Sep 21, 4:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	49 hr
Sep 21, 4:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	49 hr
Sep 21, 4:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Vinton, Washington	49 hr
Sep 21, 4:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	25 hr
Sep 21, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	24 hr
Sep 21, 8:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	7 hr
Sep 21, 9:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Athens	20 hr
Sep 21, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry	38 min
Sep 21, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	20 hr
Sep 21, 2:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	16 hr
Sep 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	33 min
Sep 21, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	35 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.