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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
717 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>007-013-014-072345-
BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-LAWRENCE KY-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-
MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-WAYNE WV-CABELL WV-PUTNAM WV-
717 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BOYD...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE
SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...SOUTHEASTERN CARTER...SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA...
LAWRENCE...SOUTHWESTERN MASON...CABELL...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
EDT...
AT 716 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE TO NEAR
WEBBVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 60 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...
HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND, IRONTON, GRAYSON, COAL GROVE, WAYNE, CHESAPEAKE,
PROCTORVILLE, BEECH FORK STATE PARK, CANNONSBURG, LAKE VESUVIUS,
BARBOURSVILLE, KENOVA, MILTON, CATLETTSBURG, CEREDO, BUFFALO,
COALTON, DENTON, AND BURNAUGH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 191.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3862 8198 3816 8229 3819 8293 3827 8308
3846 8300 3865 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 265DEG 50KT 3861 8240 3822 8289
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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