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WFUS51 KRLX 021522
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WVC017-021-085-105-021545-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0010.240402T1522Z-240402T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1122 AM EDT TUE APR 2 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 1122 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR
ELIZABETH, MOVING EAST AT 65 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN RITCHIE, SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE, NORTH CENTRAL GILMER AND
NORTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SMITHVILLE, FREEPORT, AUBURN, BEREA, MACFARLAN, PULLMAN, GROVE, AND
LEOPOLD.
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.
LAT...LON 3909 8072 3907 8073 3907 8084 3904 8136
3914 8137 3925 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 260DEG 57KT 3910 8132
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
30
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