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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
755 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2019
OHZ075-084>086-WVZ007-008-221245-
ATHENS-MEIGS-GALLIA-VINTON-JACKSON-MASON-
755 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2019
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MEIGS
NORTHEASTERN
GALLIA...SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS...SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...MASON AND
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 754 AM EDT, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WELLSTON TO RIO GRANDE TO 7 MILES
NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, POMEROY, MCARTHUR, ALBANY,
RACINE, RUTLAND, FORKED RUN STATE PARK, RAVENSWOOD, NEW HAVEN, MASON,
TUPPERS PLAINS, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD CITY,
ZALESKI, HENDERSON AND VINTON.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3942 8204 3910 8175 3877 8174 3859 8216
3876 8216 3890 8233 3905 8237 3911 8243
3914 8242 3914 8246 3925 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 261DEG 35KT 3919 8254 3886 8239 3854 8237
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