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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1051 AM EDT TUE APR 2 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 1050 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO TO NEAR
CULLODEN TO NEAR RANGER, MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NITRO, WINFIELD, HAMLIN, HURRICANE, ELEANOR, BUFFALO, CULLODEN,
TORNADO, AND TEAYS VALLEY AROUND 1055 AM EDT.
JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST. ALBANS, DUNBAR, POCA, INSTITUTE,
CROSS LANES, AND ALUM CREEK AROUND 1100 AM EDT.
CHARLESTON AND SISSONVILLE AROUND 1105 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE SWEETLAND,
SOD, ASHFORD, KENTUCK, LIBERTY, WALTON, BRANCHLAND, GRIMMS LANDING,
GRIFFITHSVILLE, AND BANCROFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO, AS A LAST RESORT, EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT, OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3868 8131 3813 8149 3819 8223 3869 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 270DEG 67KT 3854 8206 3838 8211 3817 8223
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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