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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
811 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTH CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 810 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESTERHILL,
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA, BELPRE, VIENNA, WILLIAMSTOWN, BOAZ, NORTH
HILLS, STOCKPORT, WAVERLY, FLEMING, BARTLETT, AND DEVOLA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 11, AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 14 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS ONE
OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3947 8131 3934 8136 3934 8137 3932 8136
3922 8140 3940 8190 3957 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 290DEG 33KT 3947 8177
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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