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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2026
WVZ523-525-526-280445-
NORTHWEST RANDOLPH WV-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS WV-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1220 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MILL CREEK, OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BANK, MOVING EAST AT 10
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...
MILL CREEK, DURBIN, HUTTONSVILLE, CHEAT BRIDGE, BARTOW, AND BOYER.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3848 7980 3849 7984 3848 7985 3861 8013
3876 8001 3871 7968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 291DEG 10KT 3866 7996
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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