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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 5:01 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Lincoln County in central West Virginia... Northwestern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... North central Wyoming County in southern West Virginia... Logan County in southern West Virginia... Boone County in central West Virginia... * Until 145 PM EDT. * At 100 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Chesapeake to near Harts, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Madison, Logan, Chapmanville, Man, Van, Bald Knob, Mallory, Amherstdale-Robinette, Chief Logan State Park, Wharton, Mount Gay-Shamrock, Harts, Danville, Whitesville, West Logan, Mitchell Heights, Sylvester, Mount Gay, Turtle Creek, and Prenter. This includes Route 119 between mile markers 28 and 51. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 5:18 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR NICHOLAS...SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTH CENTRAL BRAXTON... NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH...SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER...CLAY...FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES... At 117 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Sutton to 8 miles northeast of Madison, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Summersville, Fayetteville, Richwood, Sutton, Clay, Babcock State Park, Oak Hill, Montgomery, Mount Hope, Ansted, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Gassaway, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley Bridge, Pratt, Camden-On-gauley, Birch River, and Burnwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 4:41 PM Aug. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 566 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY LAWRENCE IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BUCHANAN DICKENSON IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BRAXTON CALHOUN CLAY GILMER JACKSON NICHOLAS ROANE WEBSTER IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA DODDRIDGE LEWIS PLEASANTS RITCHIE TYLER UPSHUR WIRT WOOD IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BOONE FAYETTE KANAWHA LINCOLN LOGAN MCDOWELL MINGO PUTNAM RALEIGH WYOMING IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA CABELL MASON WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALUM CREEK, BECKLEY, BELMONT, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, BUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE, CEREDO, CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLAY, CLINTWOOD, COWEN, CRAIGSVILLE, DAVENPORT, ELIZABETH, FAYETTEVILLE, GARY, GASSAWAY, GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, GRUNDY, HAMLIN, HARRISVILLE, HARTS, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, HUNTINGTON, HURLEY, HURRICANE, KENOVA, LOGAN, LOUISA, MADISON, MAN, MIDDLEBOURNE, MULLENS, NEW HAVEN, OAK HILL, OCEANA, PADEN CITY, PARKERSBURG, PENNSBORO, PINEVILLE, POINT PLEASANT, RAVENSWOOD, RICHWOOD, RIPLEY, SAINT ALBANS, SISTERSVILLE, SOUTH CHARLESTON, SPENCER, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSVILLE, SUTTON, TEAYS VALLEY, VANSANT, VIENNA, WAR, WAYNE, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WELCH, WEST UNION, WESTON, WILLIAMSON, AND YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK.
Flood Watch
Issued: 7:35 AM 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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