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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
828 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 828 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF BIG OTTER TO SMITHERS, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, FAYETTEVILLE, RICHWOOD, BABCOCK STATE PARK, WEBSTER
SPRINGS, OAK HILL, ANSTED, GASSAWAY, ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS),
CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, HAWKS NEST STATE PARK, BIRCH RIVER, CRAIGSVILLE,
CAMDEN ON GAULEY, COWEN, MEADOW BRIDGE, THURMOND, MUDDLETY, UPPER
GLADE, AND BOGGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 60.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 68.
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 3804 8125 3867 8081 3850 8024 3826 8041
3827 8044 3808 8071 3810 8088 3808 8090
3806 8087 3806 8080 3804 8083 3803 8080
3798 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075 3787 8081
3784 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 296DEG 36KT 3859 8091 3817 8129
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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