NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0424September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Raleigh, WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Raleigh in West Virginia, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 424th 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 30 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Raleigh
- State
- West Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:00 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0424
- 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... Southeastern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 459 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shady Spring, or 9 miles southeast of Beckley, moving southeast at 20 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... Beaver, Daniels, Shady Spring, Coal City, and Ghent. This includes the following highways... West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 29 and 38. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 122 and 130.
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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