Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 5:53AM EDT until March 16 at 6:30AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 2:53am
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 3:30am
Description:
SVRRLX
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia...
East central Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Clay County in north central West Virginia...
Northwestern Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia...
* Until 630 AM EDT.
* At 553 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Smithers, or
17 miles northwest of Fayetteville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Summersville, Clay, Montgomery, Cedar Grove, Glasgow, Smithers,
Gauley Bridge, Pratt, Glen, Pinch, Powellton, Handley, Bickmore,
Procious, Swiss, Indore, Bentree, Kesslers Cross Lanes, Drennan,
and Ivydale.
This includes Route 19 between mile markers 38 and 40.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Clay, WV; Fayette, WV; Kanawha, WV; Nicholas, WV
Forcast Office:
NWS Charleston WV
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov