NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0381September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun and 7 more, WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun and 7 more in West Virginia, which was in force until 4:15 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 381st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. West Virginia had 88 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 13 in an average September of 2008-2025 (West Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 56 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun and 7 more
- State
- West Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:19 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 4:15 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0381
- 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... Eastern Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... Northwestern Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Taylor County in northern West Virginia... Southeastern Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Lewis County in northern West Virginia... Braxton County in north central West Virginia... Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia... Northern Webster County in northeastern West Virginia... Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia... Southeastern Harrison County in northern West Virginia... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 319 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Grafton to near Stonewall Jackson to 8 miles southeast of Arnoldsburg, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Elkins, Buckhannon, Grafton, Weston, Philippi, Sutton, Audra State Park, Bridgeport, Belington, Gassaway, Mill Creek, Dailey, Holly River State Park, Stonewall Jackson, Rock Cave, Beverly, Junior, Burnsville, Lost Creek, and Flemington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 50 and 106. Route 19 between mile markers 64 and 68. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 35.
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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels