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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
604 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
WVZ008-009-016>019-181045-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-RITCHIE WV-WOOD WV-
604 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN
SOUTHERN
RITCHIE...WIRT...NORTHWESTERN ROANE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EDT...
AT 604 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF PARKERSBURG TO NEAR
MINERALWELLS TO NEAR SANDYVILLE. 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...
ELIZABETH, MINERALWELLS, CAIRO, REEDY, CHERRY, PEEWEE, SMITHVILLE,
WALKER, PETROLEUM, PALESTINE, LUCILLE, FREEPORT, GREENCASTLE,
MORRISTOWN, BIG SPRINGS, DAVISVILLE, CRESTON, ROCKPORT, BROHARD, AND
MACFARLAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 171.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 24, AND NEAR
MILE MARKER 27.
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 3909 8087 3901 8102 3901 8103 3900 8103
3891 8120 3875 8122 3894 8159 3915 8161
3930 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 308DEG 26KT 3922 8138 3911 8155 3894 8157
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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