567  
WWUS81 KRLX 181652  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1252 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
WVZ516-518-181715-  
SOUTHEAST RALEIGH WV-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE WV-  
1252 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH AND  
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...  
 
AT 1251 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES EAST OF PINEY VIEW, OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDSTONE, MOVING  
EAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RAINELLE AND MEADOW BRIDGE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131  
AND 137.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3774 8105 3802 8086 3800 8079 3798 8077  
3795 8081 3787 8075 3787 8081 3782 8094  
3777 8089 3776 8089 3774 8092 3773 8091  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 264DEG 17KT 3786 8099  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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