706  
WWUS81 KRLX 072109  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026  
 
OHZ083-084-086-072145-  
JACKSON OH-GALLIA OH-VINTON OH-  
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL GALLIA  
JACKSON  
AND CENTRAL VINTON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...  
 
AT 509 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR JACKSON, MOVING EAST AT 20 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...  
JACKSON, WELLSTON, MCARTHUR, HAMDEN, COALTON, ZALESKI, VINTON,  
PETERSBURG, ALLENSVILLE, RADCLIFFE, AND BYER.  
 
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.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8277 3927 8276 3930 8232  
3891 8235 3894 8276 3895 8275 3895 8281  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 268DEG 17KT 3909 8270  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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