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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
912 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 912 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG TO NEAR MCARTHUR, MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, MCARTHUR, ALBANY, ELIZABETH, COOLVILLE, FORKED RUN
STATE PARK, WASHINGTON, MINERALWELLS, TUPPERS PLAINS, LUBECK,
CHESTER, ZALESKI, WILKESVILLE, RADCLIFFE, SMITHVILLE, REEDSVILLE,
DYESVILLE, DARWIN, HARRISONVILLE, AND DAVISVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 174.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5.
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 THESE STORMS, 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 3928 8271 3926 8172 3922 8172 3926 8169
3926 8158 3905 8092 3906 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 291DEG 25KT 3922 8155 3925 8254
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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