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At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Belmont to near Elizabeth to 10 miles northeast of Sandyville. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Harrisville, Elizabeth, Grantsville, Pennsboro, North Bend State Park, Ellenboro, Cairo, Reedy, Pullman, Cherry, Smithville, Mount Zion, Schultz, Lucille, Pike, Big Springs, Brohard, Tanner, Macfarlan, and Annamoriah. This includes Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 17 and 42. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Where it happened
Jackson; Wood; Pleasants; Roane; Wirt; Calhoun; Ritchie; Gilmer · 39.168°, -81.291°
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- Moderate
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- areas
- Jackson; Wood; Pleasants; Roane; Wirt; Calhoun; Ritchie; Gilmer
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Incident timeline
At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Belmont to near Elizabeth to 10 miles northeast of Sandyville. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Harrisville, Elizabeth, Grantsville, Pennsboro, North Bend State Park, Ellenboro, Cairo, Reedy, Pullman, Cherry, Smithville, Mount Zion, Schultz, Lucille, Pike, Big Springs, Brohard, Tanner, Macfarlan, and Annamoriah. This includes Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 17 and 42. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.