400  
WWUS51 KRLX 012229  
SVSRLX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
629 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
OHC053-105-WVC035-053-012245-  
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-260401T2245Z/  
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-MASON WV-JACKSON WV-  
629 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS...EAST CENTRAL GALLIA...NORTHERN MASON AND  
WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES...  
 
AT 628 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POINT PLEASANT,  
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RACINE, NEW HAVEN, HENDERSON, LEON,  
CHESHIRE, MOUNT ALTO, LAKIN, AND LETART.  
 
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 THIS STORM.  
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 THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3880 8220 3894 8218 3901 8184 3871 8186  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 271DEG 23KT 3886 8208  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH  
 
 
 
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