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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
458 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

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BOONE WV-BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-
POCAHONTAS WV-WEBSTER WV-
458 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT 
CLAY...FAYETTE...NICHOLAS...NORTHEASTERN BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN 
KANAWHA...SOUTHERN BRAXTON...SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS AND WEBSTER 
COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUTTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF CLAY TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY 
RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING BRIEF REDUCTIONS IN 
VISIBILITY. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND 
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SHARON...AND HANDLEY AROUND 505
PM...DIANA...DAWES...ERBACON...AND SMITHERS AROUND 510 PM...
ESKDALE...LEEWOOD...MUDDLETY AND BOGGS AROUND 515 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-79 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 50 AND 67...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
65 AND 88.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
LAT...LON 3818 7991 3806 7997 3804 8027 3812 8037
      3822 8037 3826 8043 3808 8070 3810 8087
      3809 8088 3806 8080 3786 8075 3784 8087
      3815 8173 3834 8130 3874 8073 3850 8019
      3840 8024 3847 8012 3833 7979 3828 7978
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