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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
712 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-272345-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
712 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN BOYD
NORTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 712 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GRAYSON, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK,
WEBBVILLE, DENTON, BURNAUGH, RUSH, DURBIN, GRAHN, WILLARD, HITCHINS,
BUCHANAN, HOUCKVILLE, AND FALLSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND
175.
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
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3841 8301 3826 8254 3801 8274 3810 8292
3810 8291 3812 8289 3813 8291 3817 8292
3817 8298 3820 8301 3820 8304 3818 8305
3823 8309 3824 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 298DEG 23KT 3830 8298
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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