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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
824 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
WVZ029-030-039-040-080100-
BARBOUR WV-UPSHUR WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-
824 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN GILMER...LEWIS
NORTHERN UPSHUR AND SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 824 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF GLENVILLE TO NEAR BUCKHANNON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
BUCKHANNON, WESTON, AUDRA STATE PARK, BELINGTON, STONEWALL JACKSON,
JACKSON MILL, JANE LEW, CAMDEN, BALDWIN, LORENTZ, SAND RUN, TROY,
NEWBERNE, WALKERSVILLE, ALUM BRIDGE, LINN, OVERHILL, COXS MILLS,
HODGESVILLE, AND HORNER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 105.
ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
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 3902 7988 3886 8044 3900 8103 3910 8075
3909 8070 3913 8066 3916 8059 3910 8031
3905 7987 3904 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 243DEG 21KT 3908 8081 3895 8027
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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