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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
712 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 712 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
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...
LOUISA AND FORT GAY AROUND 715 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLIFFORD, GLENHAYES, GALLUP, AND CRUM.
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.
LAT...LON 3818 8273 3804 8231 3790 8244 3791 8246
3790 8247 3793 8248 3793 8250 3794 8250
3794 8249 3796 8253 3795 8258 3790 8260
3810 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 306DEG 22KT 3810 8271
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
01
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