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At 238 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jackson, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Albany, Hamden, Coalton, Vinton, Wilkesville, Radcliffe, Dyesville, Petersburg, Salem Center, Dexter, Byer, Kyger, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Where it happened
Athens, OH; Gallia, OH; Jackson, OH; Meigs, OH; Vinton, OH · 39.121°, -82.622°
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- Immediate
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- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Athens, OH; Gallia, OH; Jackson, OH; Meigs, OH; Vinton, OH
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At 238 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jackson, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Albany, Hamden, Coalton, Vinton, Wilkesville, Radcliffe, Dyesville, Petersburg, Salem Center, Dexter, Byer, Kyger, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Jackson County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... * Until 300 AM EDT. * At 159 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of Waverly, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Albany, Hamden, Coalton, Vinton, Wilkesville, Radcliffe, Dyesville, Petersburg, Salem Center, Dexter, Byer, Kyger, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.