West Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 09:42

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 12:42PM EDT until July 4 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 9:42am
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 10:15am
Description: 
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central McDowell County in southern West Virginia... Western Wyoming County in southern West Virginia... Southeastern Logan County in southern West Virginia... * Until 115 PM EDT. * At 1242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hanover, or 10 miles west of Pineville, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Oceana, Hanover, Mallory, Amherstdale-Robinette, Davy, Clear Fork, Cyclone, Coal Mountain, and Baileysville.
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 this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Logan, WV; McDowell, WV; Wyoming, WV
Forcast Office: 
NWS Charleston WV