NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0103May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Gallia, Jackson, Mason and 1 more, OH and WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Gallia, Jackson, Mason and 1 more in Ohio, West Virginia, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 103rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Ohio had 37 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 78 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Ohio's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 28 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Gallia, Jackson, Mason and 1 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:02 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0103
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008Every warning type in Ohio
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The notice as issued
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Central Mason County in western West Virginia... Northwestern Putnam County in western West Virginia... West central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 401 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gallipolis, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Buffalo, Henderson, Leon, Grimms Landing, Gallopolis Ferry, Southside, Fraziers Bottom, and Ashton.
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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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008507 a year
- Every warning type in Ohio
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels