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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
940 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
OHZ085-WVZ008-009-017-081415-
MEIGS OH-JACKSON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
940 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS
WESTERN
WIRT...NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 1015
AM EDT...
AT 939 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORKED RUN STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
ELIZABETH, RACINE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK, RAVENSWOOD, CHESTER,
PORTLAND, PEEWEE, BELLEVILLE, REEDSVILLE, PALESTINE, LUCILLE,
GREENCASTLE, MORRISTOWN, AND ROCKPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 147
AND 166.
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 3916 8135 3894 8134 3893 8190 3897 8192
3911 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 269DEG 32KT 3903 8182
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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