Expires:201610202230;Remove:201610202230;169222 WWUS81 KRLX 202143 SPSRLX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 543 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2016 WVZ008-015>019-026>029-036-037-202230- CLAY-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-NICHOLAS-KANAWHA-BOONE-ROANE-JACKSON- FAYETTE-WIRT-GILMER- 543 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ROANE...SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE...SOUTHERN WIRT...WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS...CALHOUN...CLAY... NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTH CENTRAL BOONE... WEST CENTRAL BRAXTON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND KANAWHA COUNTIES... AT 543 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH TO NEAR CLENDENIN TO NEAR CHESAPEAKE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...SPENCER...GRANTSVILLE...CLAY...SISSONVILLE... MONTGOMERY...CHESAPEAKE...MARMET...BELLE...CLENDENIN...CEDAR GROVE... EAST BANK...GLASGOW...SMITHERS...GAULEY BRIDGE...PRATT...GLEN... ARNOLDSBURG...AMMA AND COAL FORK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 47. INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 105...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 107. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 95. ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 80. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3913 8105 3855 8092 3816 8113 3816 8173 3847 8161 3893 8164 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 253DEG 28KT 3898 8152 3846 8139 3815 8158 $$ COOPER