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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
727 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 727 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO, OR
NEAR WINFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST.
ALBANS, DUNBAR, HURRICANE, SISSONVILLE, MILTON, ELEANOR, BUFFALO,
POCA, PINCH, ONA, CULLODEN, INSTITUTE, TORNADO, COAL FORK, AND
ELKVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 133.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 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 3841 8222 3879 8206 3874 8128 3824 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 286DEG 37KT 3856 8200
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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