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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
900 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 900 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUTTON TO FAYETTEVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, FAYETTEVILLE, RICHWOOD, SUTTON, BABCOCK STATE PARK,
WEBSTER SPRINGS, OAK HILL, MOUNT HOPE, ANSTED, GASSAWAY, ADDISON
(WEBSTER SPRINGS), GAULEY BRIDGE, CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, HAWKS NEST
STATE PARK, BIRCH RIVER, CRAIGSVILLE, CAMDEN ON GAULEY, POWELLTON,
MINGO, AND COWEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 69.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 137.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 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 3813 8036 3823 8036 3827 8044 3808 8071
3810 8088 3808 8090 3806 8087 3806 8080
3804 8083 3798 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075
3787 8081 3782 8094 3777 8089 3776 8090
3775 8092 3801 8132 3874 8070 3854 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 305DEG 35KT 3869 8063 3805 8110
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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