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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
825 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 824 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURNWELL, OR
15 MILES WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
FAYETTEVILLE, BABCOCK STATE PARK, OAK HILL, MONTGOMERY, MOUNT HOPE,
ANSTED, SMITHERS, GAULEY BRIDGE, BURNWELL, POWELLTON, HAWKS NEST
STATE PARK, HANDLEY, PAX, THURMOND, LEEWOOD, DAWES, AND ESKDALE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 79.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 32.
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.
LAT...LON 3799 8153 3820 8143 3820 8089 3783 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 294DEG 27KT 3805 8139
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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