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WWUS81 KRLX 180800
SPSRLX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
OHZ075-076-084-085-WVZ008-009-017-180830-
WASHINGTON OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-JACKSON WV-WIRT WV-
WOOD WV-
400 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MEIGS
SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...SOUTHERN ATHENS...WEST CENTRAL
WIRT...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH
430 AM EDT...
AT 359 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALBANY, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, BELPRE, POMEROY, ALBANY, COOLVILLE, RUTLAND, FORKED RUN
STATE PARK, WASHINGTON, TUPPERS PLAINS, LUBECK, CHESTER, WILKESVILLE,
RADCLIFFE, BELLEVILLE, REEDSVILLE, LITTLE HOCKING, DYESVILLE, DARWIN,
SALEM CENTER, AND HARRISONVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 168.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.
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 3901 8152 3904 8243 3924 8240 3931 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 267DEG 46KT 3913 8225
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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