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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
125 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
WVZ008-009-016>018-070615-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
125 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...WIRT
NORTHWESTERN ROANE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTIES
THROUGH 215 AM EDT...
AT 125 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF SANDYVILLE, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER, MOVING
NORTH 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...
SPENCER, GRANTSVILLE, REEDY, LUCILLE, CHERRY, PEEWEE, MORRISTOWN,
CRESTON, ROCKPORT, ANNAMORIAH, LEROY, AND PALESTINE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161
AND 163.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3878 8140 3884 8161 3911 8156 3894 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 187DEG 11KT 3887 8150
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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