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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
351 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024

WVZ015-026-027-517-519-240830-
Clay WV-Boone WV-Kanawha WV-Northwest Nicholas WV-
Northwest Fayette WV-
351 AM EDT Fri May 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH
430 AM EDT...

At 350 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Marmet, or 7 miles southeast of Charleston, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Montgomery, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Cedar Grove, East
Bank, Glasgow, Smithers, Pratt, Glen, Coal Fork, Powellton, Handley,
Dawes, Ashford, Sharon, Bentree, and Pond Gap.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 99.
 West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 74 and 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause elevated levels on
small creeks and streams, and ponding of water in urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses, as well as other poor drainage
areas and low lying spots.

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LAT...LON 3815 8166 3818 8183 3834 8165 3843 8127
      3830 8111 3811 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 274DEG 11KT 3825 8156

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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