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WWUS51 KRLX 012102
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
502 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
WVC019-047-081-109-012115-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-260401T2115Z/
MCDOWELL WV-RALEIGH WV-WYOMING WV-FAYETTE WV-
502 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MCDOWELL...CENTRAL RALEIGH...SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PINEY VIEW TO NEAR NORTHFORK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY, MOUNT HOPE, MABSCOTT, SOPHIA, CRAB ORCHARD, DRY CREEK,
MACARTHUR, COAL CITY, SHADY SPRING, BEAVER, DANIELS, PINEY VIEW,
STANAFORD, PROSPERITY, BRADLEY, MEADOW BRIDGE, RHODELL, GHENT,
JOSEPHINE, AND HERNDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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 3745 8143 3792 8115 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 2101Z 238DEG 71KT 3784 8106 3748 8138
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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