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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 2026Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm warning at Mar 2, 2026, 12:49 AM EST for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 2, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2026, 12:49 AM EST (05:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 1, 6:41 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 6:41 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
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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.