338  
WWUS81 KRLX 142217  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
617 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026  
 
WVZ019-020-029-030-142245-  
DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-  
617 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE  
SOUTHERN  
DODDRIDGE...NORTHEASTERN GILMER AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES  
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...  
 
AT 617 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...  
PULLMAN, AUBURN, BALDWIN, AVON, GROVE, LEOPOLD, TROY, NEWBERNE, NEW  
MILTON, ALUM BRIDGE, LINN, COXS MILLS, AND BEREA.  
 
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.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3924 8057 3919 8059 3918 8059 3917 8058  
3889 8064 3889 8068 3910 8105 3924 8092  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 294DEG 23KT 3911 8091  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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