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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
915 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 915 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONBURG TO NEAR
PARKERSBURG, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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, HARRISVILLE, SHINNSTON, SALEM, PENNSBORO, LUMBERPORT,
WEST UNION, NORTH BEND STATE PARK, ENTERPRISE, ELLENBORO, CAIRO,
PULLMAN, AUBURN, ALMA, MAXWELL, WOLF SUMMIT, SCHULTZ, MOUNTAIN,
LIMA, AND HEBRON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 NEAR MILE MARKER 128.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 177.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 74.
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 NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3948 8071 3947 8064 3944 8060 3945 8059
3944 8058 3943 8054 3947 8048 3942 8025
3939 8020 3938 8020 3905 8093 3917 8130
3918 8130 3918 8132 3926 8158 3951 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 302DEG 18KT 3947 8072 3924 8147
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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