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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
WVZ008-014>016-081615-
JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-
1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL KANAWHA
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN ROANE AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...
AT 1143 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENNA, OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
WINFIELD, SISSONVILLE, KENNA, HARMONY, KENTUCK, LIBERTY, AND WALTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 9.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 127.
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, 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 3868 8180 3868 8177 3870 8179 3871 8178
3869 8135 3837 8155 3854 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 296DEG 17KT 3860 8175
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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