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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
630 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
WVZ008-013>016-182245-
JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-PUTNAM WV-
630 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA
EAST CENTRAL
PUTNAM...EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN ROANE AND SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 629 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS
NEAR SISSONVILLE TO NEAR JULIAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 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...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST. ALBANS,
DUNBAR, SISSONVILLE, MARMET, BELLE, POCA, CROSS LANES, PINCH, ALUM
CREEK, INSTITUTE, COAL FORK, ELKVIEW, TORNADO, TEAYS VALLEY, AND
BANCROFT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 121.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3864 8148 3824 8144 3825 8185 3858 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 254DEG 45KT 3856 8171 3820 8183
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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