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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
WVZ009>011-019-081200-
RITCHIE WV-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-
730 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PLEASANTS...CENTRAL RITCHIE
WESTERN TYLER AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EDT...
AT 730 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELMONT, OR 10 MILES EAST OF PARKERSBURG, MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
HARRISVILLE, ST. MARYS, PENNSBORO, BELMONT, NORTH BEND STATE PARK,
ELLENBORO, CAIRO, PULLMAN, WILLOW ISLAND, NUTTER FARM, MAXWELL,
PETROLEUM, SCHULTZ, ARVILLA, POINT LOOKOUT, WICK, WAVERLY, HEBRON,
PIKE, AND HIGHLAND.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND
43.
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 3919 8094 3919 8141 3933 8141 3935 8135
3939 8127 3939 8122 3941 8121 3944 8118
3945 8113 3947 8111 3954 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 269DEG 25KT 3926 8134
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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