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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
921 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
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NORTHWEST RALEIGH WV-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH WV-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE WV-
NORTHWEST FAYETTE WV-
921 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RALEIGH AND
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 921 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PROSPERITY, OR NEAR BECKLEY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
BECKLEY, FAYETTEVILLE, OAK HILL, MOUNT HOPE, BRADLEY, PROSPERITY,
PINEY VIEW, STANAFORD, PAX, AND THURMOND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 54.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3779 8129 3785 8133 3807 8111 3783 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 242DEG 17KT 3784 8128
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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