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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
159 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
* AT 159 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MINERALWELLS TO 6 MILES WEST OF
RIPLEY, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIPLEY, SPENCER, HARRISVILLE, ELIZABETH, RAVENSWOOD, SANDYVILLE,
MINERALWELLS, CAIRO, REEDY, PORTLAND, CHERRY, SMITHVILLE,
COTTAGEVILLE, LUCILLE, BROHARD, MACFARLAN, ANNAMORIAH, MOUNT ALTO,
PEEWEE, AND WALKER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136
AND 168.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3923 8094 3876 8123 3880 8202 3916 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 264DEG 41KT 3909 8152 3885 8181
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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