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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
927 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
VAZ003-004-WVZ033-181415-
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-
927 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DICKENSON
BUCHANAN AND SOUTHERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM EDT...
AT 927 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BOISSEVAIN TO SHELBY GAP. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
CLINTWOOD, GRUNDY, HAYSI, BREAKS INTERSTATE, DAVENPORT, JOHN
FLANNAGAN LAKE, GARY, WAR, TRAMMEL, CLINCHCO, BRADSHAW, ANAWALT,
JOLO, OAKWOOD, STACY, ELBERT, NORA, VANSANT, MCCLURE, AND CUCUMBER.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3702 8248 3713 8255 3720 8255 3727 8235
3730 8231 3734 8206 3737 8135 3727 8142
3726 8150 3721 8156 3720 8168 3724 8174
3720 8176 3718 8185 3713 8192 3712 8200
3705 8204 3704 8217 3699 8226 3696 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 310DEG 20KT 3730 8145 3721 8252
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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