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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
728 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

WVZ021-509>512-240015-
Eastern Preston WV-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston WV-Marion WV-
Monongalia WV-Preston WV-
728 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MONONGALIA...CENTRAL PRESTON AND
MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

At 728 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Barrackville, or near Fairmont, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Morgantown, Fairmont, Westover, Kingwood, Mannington, Star City,
Pleasant Valley, Winfield, Barrackville, Monongah, Granville,
Fairview, Newburg, Brookhaven, Cassville, Rivesville, Grant Town,
Reedsville, Masontown, and Farmington.

This includes the following highways...
  Interstate 68 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 23.
  Interstate 79 in West Virginia between mile markers 130 and 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

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LAT...LON 3944 7989 3945 7994 3940 8003 3939 8009
      3941 8011 3940 8012 3939 8020 3944 8028
      3946 8043 3972 8016 3966 7963 3951 7955
      3938 7968 3935 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 277DEG 32KT 3956 8013

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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