312  
WUUS51 KRLX 212156  
SVRRLX  
WVC007-013-017-021-041-085-212230-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0230.260721T2156Z-260721T2230Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
556 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
SOUTH CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 555 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANTSVILLE,  
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK, BURNSVILLE, SAND  
FORK, AUBURN, SMITHVILLE, BALDWIN, STOUTS MILLS, LEOPOLD, TROY,  
NEWBERNE, ALUM BRIDGE, LINN, BIG SPRINGS, COXS MILLS, TANNER,  
CEDARVILLE, AND BURNT HOUSE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 79.  
 
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 8117 3912 8114 3913 8065 3881 8066  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 280DEG 32KT 3900 8105  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
JP  
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