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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
224 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
WVZ005-006-013>015-026-271900-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-CABELL WV-PUTNAM WV-
224 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL
WEST
CENTRAL KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...LINCOLN...EAST CENTRAL WAYNE
AND NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 224 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RANGER, OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
HAMLIN, ST. ALBANS, RANGER, ALUM CREEK, SPURLOCKVILLE, TORNADO,
JULIAN, WEST HAMLIN, SWEETLAND, SOD, WOODVILLE, BRANCHLAND, PALERMO,
GRIFFITHSVILLE, ALKOL, YAWKEY, AND MYRA.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 68.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3810 8230 3828 8233 3839 8182 3812 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 261DEG 29KT 3821 8222
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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