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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
131 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
WVZ027-517-519-081800-
CLAY WV-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS WV-NORTHWEST FAYETTE WV-
131 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN NICHOLAS
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
EDT...
AT 130 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF GAULEY BRIDGE, OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
SUMMERSVILLE, ANSTED, GAULEY BRIDGE, HAWKS NEST STATE PARK, BENTREE,
KESSLERS CROSS LANES, DRENNAN, SWISS, INDORE, AND MOUNT NEBO.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 40.
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 3821 8128 3826 8123 3829 8124 3837 8117
3824 8079 3807 8091 3802 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 301DEG 19KT 3827 8117
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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