864  
WUUS51 KRLX 051826  
SVRRLX  
WVC035-087-105-051900-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0195.260705T1826Z-260705T1900Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 225 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENNA, OR 7  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...  
RIPLEY, SPENCER, KENNA, REEDY, LUCILLE, STATTS MILLS, HARMONY,  
KENTUCK, FAIRPLAIN, GAY, AND GANDEEVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125  
AND 133, AND NEAR MILE MARKER 137.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3864 8164 3881 8173 3899 8134 3874 8120  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 247DEG 22KT 3876 8160  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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