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Snow Squall Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV

January 14, 20264 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow squall warning at Jan 14, 2026, 11:52 PM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 38 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
Jan 14, 2026, 11:52 PM EST (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2026, 12:30 AM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Raleigh County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-73 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Jan 14, 7:49 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 7:49 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 11:34 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming41 min
Jan 15, 5:54 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane51 min
Jan 15, 6:46 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane59 min
Jan 15, 7:11 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more64 min
Jan 15, 7:45 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane60 min
Jan 15, 8:14 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBraxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane, Webster61 min
Jan 15, 8:45 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane60 min
Jan 15, 9:10 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more65 min
Jan 15, 9:38 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Roane67 min
Jan 15, 10:11 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXCalhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 1 more64 min
Jan 15, 11:00 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBraxton, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason and 4 more60 min
Jan 15, 11:50 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXBraxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Nicholas and 3 more55 min
Jan 15, 12:31 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam, Roane, Webster59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.