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WWUS51 KRLX 162344
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
744 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
WVC011-035-039-053-079-087-170015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0333.000000T0000Z-260817T0015Z/
MASON WV-CABELL WV-KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
744 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MASON...EAST CENTRAL CABELL...NORTHWESTERN
KANAWHA...PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN ROANE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...
AT 744 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POCA, 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, ELEANOR, BUFFALO, POCA, PINCH,
CULLODEN, INSTITUTE, TORNADO, COAL FORK, ELKVIEW, CROSS LANES, AND
KENNA.
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 3838 8209 3878 8190 3874 8128 3824 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 270DEG 37KT 3852 8181
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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