...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WOOD AND WIRTCOUNTIES...
AT 6:34 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETH...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ELIZABETH AROUND 6:45 PM AND CHERRY AROUND 7:00 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 172 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Update 6:35 p.m.
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...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL JACKSON...EASTERN ATHENS...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL VINTON...MEIGS...NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTHERN GALLIA...NORTHWESTERN MASON...PLEASANTS...TYLER...
WASHINGTON AND WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 6:06 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. MARYS TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTERHILL TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTLAND TO 4 MILES NORTH OF OAK HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SALEM CENTER AROUND 6:15 PM...VINTON AROUND 6:30 PM...TUPPERS PLAINS AROUND 6:45 PM...SISTERSVILLE AROUND 7:00 PM AND PARKERSBURG AROUND 7:15 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 186 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Updated 6:25 p.m.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 7:30 PM EDT
* AT 427 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF MUSKINGUM...GUERNSEY...AND NOBLE COUNTIES IN EAST-CENTRAL OHIO.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Update 5:55 p.m.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NOBLE AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 5:55 P.M. AS A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS SAGS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND JUST CLIPS THE WTAP VIEWING AREA. STAY ALERT FOR MORE STORMS.
Update: 5:50 p.m.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELIZABETH...
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
UNTIL 7:15 PM EDT
HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1-to-2 INCHES WILL BRING CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THE BANKS AND PRODUCE FLOODING ON THE ROADWAYS.
BE ALERT TO FLOODING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD RISING WATERS THREATEN.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 P.M. WEDNESDAY EVENING....AND A HEAT ADVISORY RUNS UNTIL 7 P.M.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARBOUR BRAXTON BROOKE
CALHOUN DODDRIDGE GILMER
HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON
LEWIS MARION MARSHALL
MASON MONONGALIA OHIO
PLEASANTS PRESTON RANDOLPH
RITCHIE ROANE TAYLOR
TUCKER TYLER UPSHUR
WETZEL WIRT WOOD
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...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 P.M. EDT THIS EVENING...
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 101 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEW-POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.
* IMPACTS...HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS...SUCH AS HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION...BECOME MORE LIKELY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT...HEAT STROKE IS POSSIBLE.
Updated 4:45 p.m.
