918
WWUS81 KRLX 081355
SPSRLX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
955 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
OHZ085-WVZ007-008-081430-
MEIGS OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-
955 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS
NORTHERN
MASON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM EDT...
AT 955 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
POINT PLEASANT, 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...
POINT PLEASANT, RIPLEY, RACINE, RAVENSWOOD, HENDERSON, CHESHIRE,
COTTAGEVILLE, MOUNT ALTO, EVANS, LAKIN, AND LETART.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133
AND 150.
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 3884 8214 3887 8214 3889 8215 3893 8211
3895 8211 3896 8210 3898 8166 3874 8169
3881 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 274DEG 30KT 3891 8212
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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