Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Braxton County OES/E911
Thursday April 3rd, 2025 :: 05:23 a.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:00AM

SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... East central Putnam County in western West Virginia... Northern Kanawha County in central West Virginia... Wirt County in northwestern West Virginia... Roane County in central West Virginia... Eastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... South central Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... Southern Ritchie County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Doddridge County in northern West Virginia... Gilmer County in north central West Virginia... Northwestern Lewis County in northern West Virginia... Western Braxton County in north central West Virginia... Northern Clay County in north central West Virginia...

* Until 600 AM EDT.

* At 521 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of Elizabeth to 7 miles west of Spencer to near Poca, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Cherry, Smithville, Glenville, Newberne, Lucille, Berea, Stumptown, Poca, Tanner, Macfarlan, Frametown, Peewee, Wilsie, Harmony, Sand Fork, Tariff, Gassaway, Arnoldsburg, Servia, and Auburn. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 7 and 56, and between mile markers 72 and 84. Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 107 and 126, and between mile markers 158 and 163.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BRAXTON, WV ... CALHOUN, WV ... CLAY, WV ... DODDRIDGE, WV ... GILMER, WV ... JACKSON, WV ... KANAWHA, WV ... LEWIS, WV ... PUTNAM, WV ... RITCHIE, WV ... ROANE, WV ... WIRT, WV ... WOOD, WV

Instructions:

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.

Address/Location
Braxton County OES/E911
687 Days Dr
Sutton, WV 26601

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-765-3320

TEXT-A-TIP -  Text TIP BRAXTON followed by your message, to 888777

Submit an anonymous web tip

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Navigate & Discover