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WFUS51 KRLX 200546
TORRLX
WVC035-087-105-200600-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0001.260220T0546Z-260220T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1246 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EST.
* AT 1245 AM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIPLEY, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIPLEY AND SANDYVILLE AROUND 1250 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
COTTAGEVILLE, LEROY, PEEWEE, REEDY, AND EVANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3879 8178 3886 8184 3901 8152 3887 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 255DEG 47KT 3887 8175
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
01
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