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WWUS51 KRLX 201014
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
514 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
WVC081-109-201030-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-260220T1030Z/
RALEIGH WV-WYOMING WV-
514 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RALEIGH AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES...
AT 514 AM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOPHIA, OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BECKLEY, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY, MULLENS, MABSCOTT, SOPHIA, CRAB ORCHARD, DRY CREEK,
MACARTHUR, COAL CITY, SHADY SPRING, TWIN FALLS STATE PARK, BEAVER,
DANIELS, LESTER, RHODELL, GHENT, JOSEPHINE, AND MABEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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 3756 8153 3776 8139 3782 8099 3768 8099
3764 8107 3761 8107 3759 8109 3760 8114
3758 8120 3753 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 263DEG 49KT 3768 8132
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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