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


WVZ007-008-013>017-025-026-035-202145-
MASON-KANAWHA-BOONE-ROANE-JACKSON-LOGAN-WIRT-PUTNAM-LINCOLN-RALEIGH-
506 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN ROANE...
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH...PUTNAM...SOUTHWESTERN WIRT...EAST CENTRAL
MASON...BOONE...EASTERN LINCOLN...NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN...JACKSON AND
KANAWHA COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPLEY TO ALUM CREEK
TO NEAR CHAPMANVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NITRO...RIPLEY...MADISON...WINFIELD...JEFFERSON...SOUTH
CHARLESTON...ST. ALBANS...DUNBAR...SISSONVILLE...CHESAPEAKE...
ELEANOR...MARMET...BELLE...CHAPMANVILLE...BUFFALO...CLENDENIN...CEDAR
GROVE...POCA AND EAST BANK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
 INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 142.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 57.
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 95.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 80.

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 3901 8140 3838 8134 3787 8151 3796 8209
      3831 8192 3876 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 255DEG 29KT 3876 8185 3830 8179 3796 8195 

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