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Charleston - WV, US, National Weather Service

Athens County

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN MEIGS...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...WIRT... NORTHWESTERN ROANE...JACKSON...WOOD...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...NORTH CENTRAL MASON...NORTHERN DODDRIDGE AND TYLER COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT... At 1259 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Marietta to Mason. Movement was east at 60 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Marietta, Belpre, Ripley, Harrisville, St. Marys, Pomeroy, Elizabeth, Middlebourne, Racine, Coolville, Forked Run State Park, Vienna, Ravenswood, Williamstown, New Haven, Pennsboro, Mason, Belmont, and West Union. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 131 and 186. Interstate 77 in Ohio between mile markers 1 and 6. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 55. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH