984  
WWUS81 KRLX 180727  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
327 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
OHZ075-083>085-180800-  
JACKSON OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-  
327 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MEIGS  
NORTHERN  
JACKSON...VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM  
EDT...  
 
AT 327 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
WAVERLY, MOVING EAST AT 65 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, WELLSTON, MCARTHUR, ALBANY, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, CHAUNCEY,  
HAMDEN, COALTON, ZALESKI, WILKESVILLE, CREOLA, RADCLIFFE, STROUD RUN  
STATE PARK, DYESVILLE, DARWIN, ALLENSVILLE, HARRISONVILLE, DEXTER,  
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8277 3932 8275 3941 8200  
3906 8197 3909 8280  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 269DEG 58KT 3920 8300  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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