620  
WWUS81 KRLX 131648  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1248 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-039-040-515>526-140000-  
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-  
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-  
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-  
NORTHWEST RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST FAYETTE-  
SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-  
NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-  
SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENOVA, CEREDO, WAYNE, HUNTINGTON,  
POINT PLEASANT, NEW HAVEN, RAVENSWOOD, RIPLEY, PARKERSBURG,  
VIENNA, ST. MARYS, BELMONT, PADEN CITY, SISTERSVILLE,  
MIDDLEBOURNE, HARTS, ALUM CREEK, HAMLIN, TEAYS VALLEY, HURRICANE,  
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, SAINT ALBANS, SPENCER, ELIZABETH,  
GRANTSVILLE, HARRISVILLE, PENNSBORO, WEST UNION, WILLIAMSON,  
LOGAN, CHAPMANVILLE, MAN, MADISON, CLAY, SUTTON, GASSAWAY,  
BURNSVILLE, GLENVILLE, WESTON, CLARKSBURG, BRIDGEPORT, GRAFTON,  
BUCKHANNON, PHILIPPI, BELINGTON, BRADLEY, PROSPERITY, SOPHIA,  
BECKLEY, OAK HILL, FAYETTEVILLE, MONTGOMERY, MEADOW BRIDGE,  
SUMMERSVILLE, CRAIGSVILLE, BIRCH RIVER, RICHWOOD,  
HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, WEBSTER SPRINGS, COWEN, SNOWSHOE,  
MARLINTON, ELKINS, AND HARMAN  
1248 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
   
..ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IN WEST VIRGINIA TODAY
 
 
THIS IS A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT ISSUED IN COORDINATION WITH THE WEST  
VIRGINIA DIVISION OF FORESTRY.  
 
THE WILDFIRE DANGER IS ELEVATED TODAY FOR WEST VIRGINIA. VERY DRY  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS 40  
TO 50 MPH.  
 
WEST VIRGINIA REGULATIONS MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO BURN FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM  
DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH...APRIL...AND MAY.  
 

 
 
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