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WWUS81 KRLX 280330
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1130 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
WVZ039-523-525-526-280400-
NORTHWEST RANDOLPH WV-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS WV-UPSHUR WV-
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
1130 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RANDOLPH
NORTHERN POCAHONTAS
AND SOUTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1129 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF HENDRICKS TO NEAR MILL CREEK.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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, PHEASANT RUN, CHEAT BRIDGE, DRYFORK, GLADY,
BOWDEN, AND HELVETIA.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3892 7937 3893 7945 3890 7945 3889 7948
3889 7952 3887 7951 3884 7954 3883 7952
3881 7953 3879 7950 3877 7952 3855 7997
3872 8023 3904 7978 3897 7951 3898 7947
3896 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 296DEG 11KT 3898 7958 3873 8008
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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