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At 616 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Coolville to 7 miles northwest of Tuppers Plains to near Rutland, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Athens, Pomeroy, Coolville, Rutland, Tuppers Plains, Amesville, Stroud Run State Park, Dyesville, Darwin, Harrisonville, Dexter, Bartlett, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Athens, OH; Meigs, OH; Morgan, OH; Washington, OH · 39.241°, -82.003°
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- Severe
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- Immediate
- certainty
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- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Athens, OH; Meigs, OH; Washington, OH
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At 616 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Coolville to 7 miles northwest of Tuppers Plains to near Rutland, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Athens, Pomeroy, Coolville, Rutland, Tuppers Plains, Amesville, Stroud Run State Park, Dyesville, Darwin, Harrisonville, Dexter, Bartlett, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Morgan County in southeastern Ohio... Eastern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... * Until 630 PM EDT. * At 541 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Nelsonville to Lake Hope State Park to near Mcarthur, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Athens, Pomeroy, Coolville, Rutland, Tuppers Plains, Amesville, Stroud Run State Park, Dyesville, Darwin, Harrisonville, Dexter, Bartlett, and Carpenter. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.