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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
658 PM EDT Fri May 3 2024

WVZ027-028-519-521-040000-
Clay WV-Northwest Webster WV-Northwest Nicholas WV-Braxton WV-
658 PM EDT Fri May 3 2024

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
NICHOLAS... BRAXTON... NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND CLAY COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

At 655 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking slow-moving thunderstorms
with heavy rain over portions of Clay, Braxton, Nicholas, and
Webster counties. Movement was north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Sutton, Clay, Gassaway, Birch River, Big Otter, Wallback, Harrison,
Burnsville, Flatwoods, Procious, Muddlety, Swiss, Indore, Boggs,
Little Birch, Hacker Valley, Drennan, Ivydale, Erbacon, and Widen.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 79 near mile marker 34, and between mile markers 37 and
81.
 Route 19 between mile markers 46 and 68.

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.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to travel across
flooded roads. Find alternate routes. It takes only a few inches of
swiftly flowing water to carry vehicles away.

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LAT...LON 3822 8103 3824 8103 3820 8108 3823 8113
      3823 8119 3852 8121 3890 8060 3886 8058
      3887 8056 3885 8049 3883 8047 3880 8048
      3877 8044 3874 8046 3872 8041 3873 8037
      3862 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 182DEG 23KT 3871 8049 3834 8109

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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