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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1257 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
WVZ008-016-070545-
JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-
1257 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL ROANE AND CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM EDT...
AT 1256 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KENNA, OR NEAR RIPLEY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIPLEY, RAVENSWOOD, SANDYVILLE, KENNA, STATTS MILLS, EVANS, GIVEN,
FAIRPLAIN, AND GAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124
AND 149.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3879 8136 3864 8167 3872 8181 3873 8179
3878 8183 3893 8180 3892 8177 3893 8176
3896 8178 3900 8177 3900 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 224DEG 9KT 3874 8170
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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