NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0355August 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster, WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster in West Virginia, which was in force until 12:30 a.m. local time on August 28. It was the 355th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. West Virginia had 139 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 36 in an average August of 2008-2025 (West Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 29 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster
- State
- West Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:01 a.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 12:30 a.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0355
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia since 2008Every warning type in West Virginia
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The notice as issued
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Central Pocahontas County in northeastern West Virginia... Central Webster County in northeastern West Virginia... * Until 1230 AM EDT. * At 1201 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southeast of Holly River State Park to Addison (Webster Springs), moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Webster Springs, Addison (Webster Springs), Mingo, Cowen, Durbin, Monterville, Slaty Fork, Upper Glade, Valley Head, Bergoo, Waneta, and Cheat Bridge.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia since 2008296 a year
- Every warning type in West Virginia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels