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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
637 AM EDT WED APR 29 2026
WVZ015-016-291100-
ROANE WV-KANAWHA WV-
637 AM EDT WED APR 29 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA AND
SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EDT...
AT 636 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PINCH, OR NEAR CHARLESTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, SISSONVILLE, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE, CLENDENIN, PINCH,
COAL FORK, AND ELKVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 115.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 NEAR MILE MARKER 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
REDUCED VISIBILITY.
LAT...LON 3820 8156 3846 8173 3848 8172 3850 8173
3863 8144 3837 8125 3834 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 237DEG 31KT 3840 8155
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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