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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
857 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
WVZ015-025-026-515-517-120130-
NORTHWEST RALEIGH WV-BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-LOGAN WV-
NORTHWEST FAYETTE WV-
857 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH...EASTERN LOGAN...WESTERN FAYETTE AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
AT 857 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF BURNWELL TO NEAR BALD KNOB.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 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...
FAYETTEVILLE, OAK HILL, MOUNT HOPE, ANSTED, GAULEY BRIDGE, BRADLEY,
PROSPERITY, BURNWELL, POWELLTON, HAWKS NEST STATE PARK, BALD KNOB,
PINEY VIEW, AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE, WHITESVILLE, PAX, SYLVESTER,
LEEWOOD, NAOMA, ARNETT, AND ESKDALE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 72.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3777 8173 3805 8161 3820 8101 3784 8117
3782 8120 3778 8159 3779 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 255DEG 36KT 3805 8156 3780 8165
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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