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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
553 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT.
* AT 553 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHERS, OR
17 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, CLAY, MONTGOMERY, CEDAR GROVE, GLASGOW, SMITHERS,
GAULEY BRIDGE, PRATT, GLEN, PINCH, POWELLTON, HANDLEY, BICKMORE,
PROCIOUS, SWISS, INDORE, BENTREE, KESSLERS CROSS LANES, DRENNAN,
AND IVYDALE.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3813 8140 3842 8147 3858 8100 3839 8088
3823 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 252DEG 38KT 3824 8131
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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