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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
255 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 255 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK CAVE, OR
8 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKHANNON, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKINS, MILL CREEK, DAILEY, BEVERLY, WOMELSDORF (COALTON),
HUTTONSVILLE, ALEXANDER, ELLAMORE, TALLMANSVILLE, OVERHILL, AND
ALTON.
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 3864 7993 3879 8029 3898 8017 3896 8007
3895 8006 3895 8005 3889 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 289DEG 30KT 3888 8028
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JP
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