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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
942 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.
* AT 941 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISVILLE,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARRISVILLE, WEST UNION, JACKSON MILL, WEST MILFORD, PULLMAN,
AUBURN, CAMDEN, GREENWOOD, BLANDVILLE, BALDWIN, AVON, GROVE,
LEOPOLD, TROY, NEW MILTON, NEWBERNE, SMITHBURG, ALUM BRIDGE, COXS
MILLS, AND LINN.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND
59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WIND, HAIL 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 NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3914 8119 3932 8083 3921 8038 3892 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 294DEG 30KT 3917 8094
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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