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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
311 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
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CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-ROANE WV-GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV-
311 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN
SOUTH
CENTRAL GILMER...WESTERN BRAXTON...EAST CENTRAL ROANE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 311 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BIG OTTER, OR 13 MILES NORTH OF CLAY, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
SUTTON, GASSAWAY, BIG OTTER, NEBO, LITTLE BIRCH, EXCHANGE, FRAMETOWN,
WILSIE, SERVIA, ROSEDALE, NICUT, AND CHLOE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 65.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3861 8118 3871 8121 3883 8071 3857 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 262DEG 27KT 3866 8109
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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