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WWUS81 KRLX 280257
SPSRLX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1057 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
WVZ039-523-525-526-280330-
NORTHWEST RANDOLPH WV-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS WV-UPSHUR WV-
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
1057 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RANDOLPH
NORTHERN POCAHONTAS
AND SOUTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1057 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF ELKINS TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MILL CREEK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 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...
ELKINS, MILL CREEK, DAILEY, BEVERLY, WOMELSDORF (COALTON),
HUTTONSVILLE, HARMAN, BOWDEN, DRYFORK, AND GLADY.
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 3892 7937 3893 7945 3890 7945 3889 7948
3889 7952 3887 7951 3884 7954 3883 7952
3881 7953 3880 7951 3878 7951 3860 7983
3880 8022 3896 8000 3902 7970 3897 7951
3898 7947 3896 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 302DEG 14KT 3893 7970 3879 8011
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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