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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2016


WVZ015>020-027>030-037-202300-
CLAY-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-NICHOLAS-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-DODDRIDGE-
LEWIS-GILMER-
622 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROANE...
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...EAST CENTRAL WIRT...SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE...NORTH
CENTRAL NICHOLAS...CALHOUN...CLAY...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS...GILMER...
BRAXTON AND EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTIES...

AT 622 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF GRANTSVILLE TO BIG OTTER
TO 7 MILES NORTH OF SMITHERS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENVILLE...SUTTON...GRANTSVILLE...CLAY...GASSAWAY...GLEN...
ARNOLDSBURG...BIRCH RIVER...WALLBACK...BIG OTTER...CEDAR CREEK STATE
PARK...HARRISON...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...SAND FORK...AUBURN...COXS
MILLS...BICKMORE...WILSIE AND CHLOE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 86.
 
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 3927 8061 3877 8053 3838 8077 3831 8138
      3863 8120 3906 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 245DEG 34KT 3906 8115 3861 8108 3828 8128 

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