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WWUS81 KRLX 180836
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
436 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
OHZ066-067-075-083>086-WVZ007-180915-
JACKSON OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-GALLIA OH-PERRY OH-VINTON OH-
MASON WV-
436 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY
NORTHERN GALLIA...JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...EASTERN VINTON...
ATHENS AND NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM EDT...
AT 436 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHAWNEE TO NEAR LAKE HOPE STATE PARK TO 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCARTHUR TO NEAR JACKSON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS, JACKSON, WELLSTON, NELSONVILLE, POMEROY, GLOUSTER, OAK HILL,
RIO GRANDE, ALBANY, SHAWNEE, RUTLAND, CHESTERHILL, LAKE HOPE STATE
PARK, NEW HAVEN, MASON, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, CHAUNCEY, HAMDEN, AND
SYRACUSE.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3954 8181 3945 8183 3945 8185 3932 8185
3914 8188 3895 8194 3879 8239 3901 8280
3905 8280 3918 8245 3939 8236 3939 8229
3947 8228 3947 8217 3956 8216 3956 8226
3959 8226 3959 8234 3969 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 301DEG 29KT 3959 8227 3938 8229 3915 8238 3903
8271
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JP
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