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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
945 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
WVZ028>030-039-521-220215-
NORTHWEST WEBSTER WV-UPSHUR WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV-
945 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GILMER...LEWIS
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON...NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR AND NORTH CENTRAL WEBSTER
COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...
AT 945 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STONEWALL JACKSON, OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF WESTON,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
BUCKHANNON, WESTON, STONEWALL JACKSON, JACKSON MILL, ROCK CAVE,
BURNSVILLE, SAND FORK, CAMDEN, BALDWIN, LORENTZ, STOUTS MILLS, SAND
RUN, CLEVELAND, HEATERS, WALKERSVILLE, ALUM BRIDGE, KANAWHA HEAD,
IRELAND, LINN, AND TALLMANSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 103.
ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
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.
LAT...LON 3864 8044 3888 8085 3914 8062 3899 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 218DEG 22KT 3890 8055
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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