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WFUS51 KRLX 162217
TORRLX
KYC019-043-127-162245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0033.260816T2217Z-260816T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
617 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOYD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 617 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, AND DENTON AROUND 620 PM EDT.
WEBBVILLE AROUND 625 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOUCKVILLE, GRAHN, WILLARD, FALLSBURG, AND HITCHINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3840 8302 3821 8260 3820 8260 3817 8263
3817 8264 3816 8264 3799 8279 3809 8293
3811 8289 3817 8292 3817 8297 3820 8301
3820 8304 3818 8305 3822 8308 3824 8313
3826 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 305DEG 25KT 3829 8302
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
01
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