462  
WWUS81 KRLX 261944  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2025  
 
WVZ019-020-029-030-262015-  
DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-  
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE
 
SOUTHERN  
DODDRIDGE...NORTH CENTRAL GILMER AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES  
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...  
 
AT 343 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WEST UNION, AUBURN, NEW MILTON, NEWBERNE, SMITHBURG, BLANDVILLE,  
BEREA, AVON, GROVE, AND LEOPOLD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND  
56.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3904 8091 3912 8100 3932 8076 3908 8053  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 249DEG 15KT 3912 8085  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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