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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
741 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 740 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT GAY TO NEAR KEATON, MOVING SOUTH AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISA, BLAINE, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, FORT GAY, ULYSSES,
MARTHA, CHARLEY, HOUCKVILLE, GALLUP, CRUM, CLIFFORD, AND GLENHAYES.
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 3804 8300 3805 8296 3811 8289 3812 8289
3817 8257 3792 8240 3789 8243 3791 8247
3790 8247 3795 8251 3796 8257 3792 8260
3789 8259 3788 8262 3800 8292 3800 8297
3796 8300 3799 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 358DEG 8KT 3810 8256 3800 8300
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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