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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
625 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
VAZ004-WVZ033-272300-
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-
625 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BUCHANAN AND WESTERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 625 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF GRUNDY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRUNDY, WAR, DAVY, BRADSHAW, IAEGER, STACY, VANSANT, COALWOOD,
HURLEY, AVONDALE, JOLO, AND ROSEANN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3723 8215 3739 8216 3751 8166 3720 8162
3720 8168 3724 8172 3724 8174 3723 8174
3722 8175 3720 8176 3720 8177 3719 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 246DEG 15KT 3732 8194
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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