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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 436 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BRADLEY TO NEAR WELCH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY, WELCH, PINEVILLE, MULLENS, MOUNT HOPE, MABSCOTT, SOPHIA,
NORTHFORK, CRAB ORCHARD, DRY CREEK, MACARTHUR, BRADLEY, SHADY
SPRING, BEAVER, PINEY VIEW, STANAFORD, COAL CITY, PROSPERITY, TWIN
FALLS STATE PARK, AND DANIELS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 57.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3737 8138 3746 8159 3796 8133 3789 8077
3786 8076 3787 8081 3782 8094 3777 8089
3774 8092 3771 8098 3770 8098 3764 8107
3759 8111 3760 8114 3757 8120 3751 8121
3750 8126 3747 8130 3744 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 325DEG 19KT 3791 8126 3748 8154
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
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