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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
908 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
WVZ019-020-029-030-271345-
DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-
908 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE
SOUTHERN
DODDRIDGE...NORTHERN GILMER AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 945
AM EDT...
AT 907 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GLENVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTON, JACKSON MILL, STONEWALL JACKSON, AUBURN, CAMDEN, BLANDVILLE,
BALDWIN, AVON, GROVE, LEOPOLD, TROY, NEW MILTON, NEWBERNE, ALUM
BRIDGE, COXS MILLS, LINN, BEREA, TANNER, AND BURNT HOUSE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 100.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 62.
ROUTE 33 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3919 8054 3919 8056 3918 8057 3918 8059
3917 8059 3915 8054 3915 8051 3902 8040
3893 8096 3909 8104 3931 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 256DEG 35KT 3900 8088
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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