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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
253 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
OHZ075-083>085-180730-
JACKSON OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
253 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MEIGS
NORTHERN
JACKSON...VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM
EDT...
AT 253 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MCARTHUR, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS, JACKSON, WELLSTON, MCARTHUR, ALBANY, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK,
NELSONVILLE, CHAUNCEY, HAMDEN, COALTON, ZALESKI, CREOLA, EAGLE MILLS,
RADCLIFFE, DYESVILLE, DARWIN, ALLENSVILLE, HARRISONVILLE, BYER, AND
CARPENTER.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8277 3937 8275 3936 8264
3937 8263 3937 8252 3940 8251 3939 8229
3943 8229 3946 8202 3912 8200 3904 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 258DEG 49KT 3928 8254
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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