NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0407September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Athens, Meigs, Washington County and 5 more, OH and WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Athens, Meigs, Washington County and 5 more in Ohio, West Virginia, which was in force until 7:15 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 407th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Ohio had 144 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Athens, Meigs, Washington County and 5 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:27 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0407
- 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... Northeastern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Washington County in southeastern Ohio... Southeastern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Pleasants County in northwestern West Virginia... Northwestern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Central Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... Northeastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 627 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Belpre to near Coolville to 6 miles northeast of Pomeroy, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Marietta, Belpre, St. Marys, Elizabeth, Coolville, Forked Run State Park, Vienna, Williamstown, Belmont, Washington, Mineralwells, Tuppers Plains, Lubeck, Boaz, Newport, Chester, North Hills, Portland, and Reedsville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 149 and 186. Interstate 77 in Ohio near mile marker 1. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 27.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.