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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
315 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
WVZ015-026-271945-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-
315 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KANAWHA AND NORTHEASTERN
BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 314 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF JULIAN, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON, MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
CHARLESTON, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE, CEDAR GROVE, EAST BANK, COAL
FORK, SETH, DAWES, ASHFORD, SHARON, ESKDALE, AND RACINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 97.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 56, NEAR MILE MARKER 62, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 70.
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 WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3810 8184 3821 8184 3821 8183 3822 8183
3822 8182 3823 8182 3822 8180 3824 8182
3825 8181 3827 8181 3837 8146 3809 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 262DEG 26KT 3819 8173
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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