Special Weather Statement issued October 14 at 7:16PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
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At 715 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Milton, or near Hamlin, moving east at 35 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... Nitro, Hamlin, St. Albans, Hurricane, Milton, Ona, Culloden, Alum Creek, Tornado, Teays Valley, West Hamlin, Sweetland, Sod, Salt Rock, and Griffithsville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 23 and 24, between mile markers 28 and 34, and between mile markers 42 and 45. Route 119 between mile markers 63 and 66. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- WV, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Cabell; Lincoln; Putnam; Kanawha
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-14T19:16:00-04:00
- states
- ["WV"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-14T19:16:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2d6ba58c7d48894ad56847f63e8765d7df3bd52e.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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