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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 5, 2026Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 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 special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
236 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

OHZ083-086-051900-
Jackson OH-Gallia OH-
236 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN GALLIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

At 236 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Oak Hill, moving northeast at 20 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...
Oak Hill, Rio Grande, Gallia, and Centerpoint.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3900 8253 3897 8242 3891 8236 3877 8251
      3877 8252 3878 8255 3880 8258 3884 8258
      3885 8264 3887 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 226DEG 17KT 3888 8254

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

SINCAVAGE

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
239 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

OHZ075-084-085-051915-
Athens OH-Meigs OH-Vinton OH-
239 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MEIGS...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM
EDT...

At 239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lake Hope State Park, moving northeast at 10 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...
Albany, Lake Hope State Park, and Zaleski.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3924 8215 3913 8234 3923 8246 3937 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 227DEG 7KT 3924 8235

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

SINCAVAGE

Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
532 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

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

0518 PM     Flash Flood      5 S Buckhannon          38.92N 80.23W
08/05/2026                   Upshur             WV   911 Call Center

            Flooding on Sago Road in southern
            Buckhannon, WV.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:18 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
618 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

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

0558 PM     Flash Flood      1 ESE Buckhannon        38.99N 80.21W
08/05/2026                   Upshur             WV   911 Call Center

            Flooding is occurring on Vicksburg Rd in
            Buckhannon, and there is also debris on the
            road.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
645 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

WVZ015-016-027-052315-
Clay WV-Roane WV-Kanawha WV-
645 PM EDT Wed Aug 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTH
CENTRAL ROANE AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

At 645 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pinch, or 9 miles east of Charleston, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Sissonville, Clendenin, Pinch, Coal Fork, Elkview, and
Amma.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 26.
 Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker 96, and between mile
markers 107 and 113.
 West Virginia Turnpike near mile marker 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3833 8124 3822 8151 3850 8167 3863 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 164DEG 20KT 3838 8145

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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 5, 8:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	27 min
Aug 5, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	34 min
Aug 5, 8:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wayne	3 hr
Aug 5, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Upshur	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	25 min
Aug 5, 7:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane	2 hr
Aug 5, 7:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Kanawha	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	23 min
Aug 5, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	34 min
Aug 5, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	24 min
Aug 5, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	36 min
Aug 5, 12:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Greenup	3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2026 Every special weather statement in 2026

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.