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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
233 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 233 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF GRANTSVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF
KENNA, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER, GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, ARNOLDSBURG, BIG OTTER, KENNA,
CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK, SAND FORK, NEBO, SHOCK, MILLSTONE, STATTS
MILLS, ROSEDALE, MOUNT ZION, KENTUCK, NEWBERNE, ALUM BRIDGE, BIG
SPRINGS, STUMPTOWN, AND TANNER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 50.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 128.
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 3909 8058 3857 8091 3865 8172 3866 8173
3876 8159 3901 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 248DEG 29KT 3894 8124 3867 8153
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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