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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
815 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 815 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMMA TO CHESAPEAKE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, SUTTON, CLAY, MONTGOMERY, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE,
CLENDENIN, CEDAR GROVE, EAST BANK, GASSAWAY, GLASGOW, SMITHERS,
GAULEY BRIDGE, PRATT, PINCH, POWELLTON, GLEN, COAL FORK, AND
ELKVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 57, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 61 AND 64.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 97.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 75, AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 79 AND 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3871 8068 3801 8122 3827 8163 3871 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 280DEG 34KT 3863 8121 3822 8151
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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