NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0503September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Grant, WV
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Grant in West Virginia, which was in force until 3:15 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 503rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Baltimore MD/Washington 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 53 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Area
- Grant
- State
- West Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:22 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0503
- 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
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Grant County in eastern West Virginia... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 222 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bayard, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Petersburg, Bayard, Gorman, Maysville, Welton, Arthur, Wilson, Martin, Scherr, Seymourville, Lahmansville, Streby, Gormania, Medley, Kline Gap, Williamsport, and Bismarck.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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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