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WWUS51 KRLX 012250
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
WVC017-033-073-085-095-012315-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-260401T2315Z/
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-DODDRIDGE WV-TYLER WV-HARRISON WV-
650 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PLEASANTS...NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE...NORTHERN
DODDRIDGE...TYLER AND WESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...
AT 650 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST UNION, OR
10 MILES SOUTH OF MIDDLEBOURNE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM, WEST UNION, ALMA, GREENWOOD, BLANDVILLE, SMITHBURG, WICK,
MOUNTAIN, LIMA, HEBRON, CENTER POINT, SEDALIA, AND CANTON.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3922 8087 3941 8108 3951 8084 3953 8077
3948 8071 3947 8064 3944 8060 3930 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 247DEG 34KT 3935 8085
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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