NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0420September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Buchanan and McDowell, VA and WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Buchanan and McDowell in Virginia, West Virginia, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 420th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Virginia had 118 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 34 in an average September of 2008-2025 (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
- Buchanan and McDowell
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:01 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0420
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia... South central McDowell County in southern West Virginia... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 401 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near War, or 11 miles north of Cedar Bluff, moving southeast at 25 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... War and Cucumber.
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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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