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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
331 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 331 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TEAYS VALLEY,
OR NEAR WINFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST.
ALBANS, DUNBAR, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, CLENDENIN, POCA, PINCH, GLEN,
INSTITUTE, TORNADO, COAL FORK, ELKVIEW, CROSS LANES, TEAYS VALLEY,
AND AMMA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 122.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3863 8189 3865 8116 3863 8113 3824 8125
3822 8127 3830 8181 3832 8182 3831 8187
3833 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 275DEG 30KT 3847 8197
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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