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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
459 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 459 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SUMMERSVILLE TO NEAR GAULEY BRIDGE, MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, FAYETTEVILLE, RICHWOOD, BABCOCK STATE PARK, OAK HILL,
MONTGOMERY, ANSTED, SMITHERS, GAULEY BRIDGE, POWELLTON, HAWKS NEST
STATE PARK, MEADOW BRIDGE, HANDLEY, THURMOND, DAWES, CANVAS, SWISS,
NETTIE, BENTREE, AND KESSLERS CROSS LANES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 78.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 45.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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 3783 8099 3814 8146 3841 8102 3821 8052
3808 8071 3810 8088 3808 8090 3806 8087
3806 8080 3804 8083 3803 8082 3803 8080
3798 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075 3787 8081
3782 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 317DEG 37KT 3827 8085 3814 8120
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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