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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:08 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Dickenson County in southwestern Virginia... Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia... McDowell County in southern West Virginia... Southeastern Mingo County in southern West Virginia... Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... Wyoming County in southern West Virginia... Southern Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 708 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Babcock State Park to near Pineville to near Gilbert Creek to Clintwood, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Beckley, Fayetteville, Welch, Clintwood, Grundy, Pineville, Haysi, John Flannagan Lake, Breaks Interstate, Davenport, Babcock State Park, Oak Hill, Mullens, Mount Hope, Mabscott, Sophia, Gary, War, Northfork, and Gilbert Creek. This includes the following highways... West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 28 and 53. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 120 and 136. Route 19 between mile markers 1 and 15. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:05 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR DICKENSON...BUCHANAN...MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MINGO...SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA...RALEIGH...WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN... SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES... At 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Prosperity to near Pineville to near Gilbert Creek to Clintwood, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Beckley, Welch, Clintwood, Grundy, Pineville, Haysi, John Flannagan Lake, Breaks Interstate, Davenport, Oak Hill, Mullens, Mount Hope, Mabscott, Oceana, Sophia, Gary, War, Man, Northfork, and Gilbert Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 11:03 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
WV . WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BOONE CABELL LINCOLN LOGAN MCDOWELL MINGO RALEIGH WAYNE WYOMING
Flood Watch
Issued: 5:48 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following counties, Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence, southeast Ohio, including the following counties, Athens, Gallia, Jackson OH, Lawrence OH, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington, southwest Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson, and West Virginia, including the following counties, Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest Pocahontas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest Randolph, Northwest Webster, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette, Southeast Nicholas, Southeast Pocahontas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast Randolph, Southeast Webster, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Rounds of thunderstorms will track through the area, bringing the potential for heavy downpours and training storms, which may cause flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our X and Facebook pages. &&
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