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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
531 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
WVZ040-525-526-072200-
BARBOUR WV-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH WV-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
531 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND
SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 531 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BELINGTON, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ELKINS, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELINGTON, JUNIOR, MONTROSE, PHEASANT RUN, AND KERENS.
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 3898 7995 3914 7997 3916 7983 3913 7984
3912 7983 3911 7980 3908 7978 3904 7978
3897 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 269DEG 17KT 3906 7987
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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