{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.36617ab59e30c092fa6898f64df1547cc0debbea.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 6:47PM EDT until July 21 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.36617ab59e30c092fa6898f64df1547cc0debbea.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Charleston WV"},"word_count":192,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 6:47PM EDT until July 21 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Braxton, WV; Gilmer, WV; Lewis, WV; Pocahontas, WV; Randolph, WV; Upshur, WV; Webster, WV\n**Issued by:** NWS Charleston WV\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:47:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:47:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 647 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from near Dailey to near Mill Creek to 6 miles north of\nGassaway, moving southeast at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nGlenville, Mill Creek, Dailey, Rock Cave, Beverly, Burnsville,\nDurbin, Huttonsville, Sand Fork, Alexander, Cheat Bridge, Eden,\nStouts Mills, Sand Run, Cleveland, Helvetia, Pickens, Alton,\nWalkersville, and Kanawha Head.\n\n## Instructions\nRemain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly\nfrom severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the\nbasement or small central room in a sturdy structure.\n\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nTorrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to\nflash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways."}