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WWUS81 KRLX 280226
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1026 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
WVZ039-040-525-526-280300-
BARBOUR WV-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
1026 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN RANDOLPH
CENTRAL
UPSHUR AND SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EDT...
AT 1025 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELINGTON TO NEAR ROCK CAVE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST 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...
ELKINS, BELINGTON, MILL CREEK, DAILEY, BEVERLY, JUNIOR, WOMELSDORF
(COALTON), HUTTONSVILLE, MONTROSE, PHEASANT RUN, ALEXANDER, DRYFORK,
GLADY, ALTON, BOWDEN, KERENS, ELLAMORE, AND TALLMANSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3862 7999 3879 8030 3890 8029 3910 7979
3908 7978 3904 7978 3898 7952 3897 7951
3897 7948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 293DEG 17KT 3900 7984 3884 8023
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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