279  
WUUS51 KRLX 230016  
SVRRLX  
VAC051-230100-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0353.260823T0016Z-260823T0100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN DICKENSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 816 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WHITAKER, OR  
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESBURG, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CLINTWOOD, TRAMMEL, MCCLURE, AND NORA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3698 8238 3698 8240 3702 8248 3708 8251  
3713 8255 3720 8255 3721 8254 3712 8238  
3700 8228 3696 8234 3696 8236  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 327DEG 55KT 3716 8271  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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