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WWUS81 KPBZ 292001
SPSPBZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
401 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

WVZ509>512-292030-
Eastern Preston WV-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston WV-
Monongalia WV-Preston WV-
401 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MONONGALIA AND
NORTHWESTERN PRESTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

At 400 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Star City, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Morgantown, Westover, Star City, Granville, Brookhaven, Masontown,
Brandonville, Bruceton Mills, Valley Point, Booth, Laurel Run,
Clifton Mills, Cheat Lake, and Osage.

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 68 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 26.
  Interstate 79 in West Virginia between mile markers 149 and 156.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a
funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the
National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 3959 8004 3972 8002 3972 7957 3950 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 277DEG 20KT 3968 8000

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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