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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
544 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ105-WVZ005-082215-
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
544 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND WEST
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 543 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORT GAY, OR NEAR YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISA, WAYNE, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, FORT GAY, EAST LYNN LAKE,
FALLSBURG, EAST LYNN, GENOA, AND BUCHANAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3825 8269 3824 8234 3802 8236 3808 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 273DEG 14KT 3817 8262
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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