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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1054 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
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NORTHWEST RALEIGH WV-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH WV-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE WV-
NORTHWEST FAYETTE WV-
1054 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RALEIGH AND SOUTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1054 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BRADLEY, OR NEAR BECKLEY, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
BECKLEY, OAK HILL, MOUNT HOPE, MABSCOTT, DRY CREEK, MACARTHUR,
BRADLEY, SHADY SPRING, PROSPERITY, BEAVER, DANIELS, PINEY VIEW,
STANAFORD, CRAB ORCHARD, AND PAX.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE NEAR MILE MARKER 37, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
41 AND 58.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 134.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3782 8138 3799 8125 3791 8087 3782 8093
3782 8094 3781 8094 3766 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 296DEG 20KT 3787 8124
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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