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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
542 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
OHZ085-086-WVZ006>008-014>016-181030-
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-MASON WV-KANAWHA WV-CABELL WV-
PUTNAM WV-
542 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS
SOUTHEASTERN
GALLIA...CENTRAL MASON...NORTHEASTERN CABELL...NORTHWESTERN
KANAWHA...PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN ROANE AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH
630 AM EDT...
AT 542 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RAVENSWOOD TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF GALLIPOLIS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
RIPLEY, WINFIELD, HURRICANE, RAVENSWOOD, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR,
BUFFALO, POCA, SANDYVILLE, KENNA, TEAYS VALLEY, CULLODEN, CROSS
LANES, BANCROFT, LEON, PORTLAND, STATTS MILLS, GIVEN, KENTUCK, AND
LIBERTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 150.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 30, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 32 AND 44.
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 3884 8139 3846 8163 3842 8209 3870 8238
3874 8202 3905 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 312DEG 25KT 3895 8180 3870 8196 3867 8223
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JP
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