771  
WUUS51 KRLX 212144  
SVRRLX  
WVC001-083-091-212215-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0229.260721T2144Z-260721T2215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
544 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
EASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 544 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILIPPI,  
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GRAFTON, PHILIPPI, BELINGTON, MONTROSE, MOATSVILLE, KERENS,  
THORNTON, KNOTTSVILLE, AND NESTORVILLE.  
 
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 3891 7961 3908 8009 3940 7999 3938 7989  
3930 7990 3929 7986 3924 7984 3924 7981  
3913 7984 3908 7978 3904 7979 3899 7958  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 291DEG 31KT 3917 7997  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
JP  
 
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