West Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 09:39

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 12:39PM EDT until July 4 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 9:39am
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 10:15am
Description: 
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Kanawha County in central West Virginia... Northwestern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... Boone County in central West Virginia... * Until 115 PM EDT. * At 1238 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Madison to Van, moving east at 15 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... Charleston, Madison, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Van, Wharton, Coal Fork, Danville, Whitesville, Sylvester, Seth, Leewood, Dawes, Prenter, Ashford, Sharon, Eskdale, Dorothy, and Foster. This includes the following highways... West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 77 and 95. Route 119 near mile marker 56.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Boone, WV; Kanawha, WV; Raleigh, WV
Forcast Office: 
NWS Charleston WV