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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
508 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
OHZ075-076-085-086-WVZ007>009-014-181000-
WASHINGTON OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-
WOOD WV-PUTNAM WV-
508 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN ATHENS...MASON...NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM...CENTRAL JACKSON AND WESTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM
EDT...
AT 508 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLOUSTER TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS TO NEAR MASON TO NEAR RIO GRANDE. 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...
PARKERSBURG, ATHENS, BELPRE, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY,
POMEROY, RACINE, COOLVILLE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK, VIENNA,
RAVENSWOOD, NEW HAVEN, BUFFALO, MASON, SANDYVILLE, WASHINGTON,
TUPPERS PLAINS, LUBECK, AND BOAZ.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 160.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
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 3949 8208 3948 8205 3946 8205 3946 8193
3936 8151 3903 8158 3877 8166 3856 8208
3882 8245 3898 8211 3926 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 303DEG 31KT 3945 8199 3924 8200 3899 8208 3883
8238
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JP
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