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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
910 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 910 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENVILLE TO NEAR BIRCH RIVER,
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKINS, BUCKHANNON, WESTON, SUTTON, AUDRA STATE PARK, BELINGTON,
MILL CREEK, STONEWALL JACKSON, DAILEY, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, ROCK
CAVE, BEVERLY, JUNIOR, BURNSVILLE, FLATWOODS, WOMELSDORF (COALTON),
HUTTONSVILLE, MONTROSE, ALEXANDER, AND CHEAT BRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 103.
ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 35.
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 3852 7986 3859 8071 3909 8070 3908 7978
3904 7979 3902 7972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 270DEG 30KT 3905 8071 3846 8069
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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