900  
WWUS51 KRLX 181958  
SVSRLX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
358 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
OHC009-053-079-105-163-182015-  
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-260718T2015Z/  
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-VINTON OH-ATHENS OH-  
358 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT  
FOR MEIGS...NORTH CENTRAL GALLIA...EASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN  
VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES...  
 
AT 357 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF TUPPERS PLAINS TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
WELLSTON, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ATHENS, WELLSTON, ALBANY, RUTLAND, TUPPERS PLAINS, COALTON, VINTON,  
WILKESVILLE, RADCLIFFE, DYESVILLE, DARWIN, SALEM CENTER,  
HARRISONVILLE, DEXTER, AND CARPENTER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3915 8177 3889 8251 3911 8261 3930 8207  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 270DEG 20KT 3918 8203 3906 8241  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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