401  
WWUS81 KRLX 201748  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1248 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-  
024>034-039-040-515>526-210000-  
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-  
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-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 FLATWOODS, RUSSELL, RACELAND, GRAYSON,  
GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, OLIVE HILL,  
ASHLAND, CANNONSBURG, LOUISA, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK,  
NEW LEXINGTON, CROOKSVILLE, SOMERSET, MCCONNELSVILLE, STOCKPORT,  
ATHENS, MARIETTA, BELPRE, JACKSON, WELLSTON, OAK HILL, MCARTHUR,  
HAMDEN, POMEROY, GALLIPOLIS, IRONTON, LAKE VESUVIUS, SOUTH POINT,  
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, WELCH, GARY, WAR, MULLENS,  
OCEANA, PINEVILLE, BUCKHANNON, PHILIPPI, BELINGTON, BRADLEY,  
PROSPERITY, SOPHIA, BECKLEY, FAYETTEVILLE, MONTGOMERY,  
MEADOW BRIDGE, SUMMERSVILLE, CRAIGSVILLE, BIRCH RIVER, RICHWOOD,  
HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, WEBSTER SPRINGS, COWEN, SNOWSHOE,  
MARLINTON, ELKINS, AND HARMAN  
1248 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING  
 
STRONG WINDS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A  
COLD FRONT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50  
MPH MAY CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING  
TOWARD EVENING.  
 
THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
 
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