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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1046 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
WVZ007-008-014-081515-
JACKSON WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
1046 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MASON
NORTH CENTRAL
PUTNAM AND CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM EDT...
AT 1046 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO, OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POINT PLEASANT,
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
RIPLEY, KENNA, LEON, COTTAGEVILLE, GRIMMS LANDING, MOUNT ALTO, EVANS,
GIVEN, SOUTHSIDE, AND FAIRPLAIN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125
AND 145.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY FURTHER, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL
RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3883 8209 3893 8167 3867 8161 3865 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 259DEG 21KT 3876 8198
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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