939  
WUUS51 KRLX 211806  
SVRRLX  
OHC087-WVC011-053-211845-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0213.260721T1806Z-260721T1845Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
206 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 206 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESAPEAKE,  
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HUNTINGTON, CHESAPEAKE, PROCTORVILLE, BARBOURSVILLE, MILTON, ONA,  
CULLODEN, CROWN CITY, ATHALIA, PEA RIDGE, GREEN BOTTOM, AND  
SCOTTOWN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13  
AND 29.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3861 8243 3860 8236 3859 8236 3858 8229  
3859 8228 3855 8206 3853 8206 3834 8213  
3834 8218 3833 8219 3844 8248  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 285DEG 24KT 3851 8250  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
JP  
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