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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2026, 7:17 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2026, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV
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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 7, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 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 |
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| Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 18 min |
| Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tucker | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wood | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie and 3 more | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 15 min |
| Aug 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 29 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.