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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1143 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.
* AT 1142 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BIG OTTER TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENNA, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
CLAY, SISSONVILLE, CLENDENIN, PINCH, BIRCH RIVER, GLEN, BIG OTTER,
ELKVIEW, AMMA, WALLBACK, HARRISON, COWEN, WIDEN, NEBO, STRANGE
CREEK, PROCIOUS, SERVIA, WALTON, BOGGS, AND LEFT HAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 51.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 122.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 61.
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.
LAT...LON 3842 8043 3837 8154 3854 8175 3858 8175
3862 8170 3864 8171 3865 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 305DEG 23KT 3861 8096 3861 8173
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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