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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 6:25 PM Aug. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Washington County in southeastern Ohio... South central Morgan County in southeastern Ohio... East central Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Northern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 225 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesterhill, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Beverly, Chesterhill, Vienna, Amesville, Fleming, and Bartlett. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 5:58 PM Aug. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WASHINGTON...MORGAN AND CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... At 158 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near McConnelsville to near Athens. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Athens, Marietta, Belpre, Glouster, McConnelsville, Beverly, Coolville, Chesterhill, Chauncey, Malta, Lowell, Stockport, Jacksonville, Trimble, Bristol, Macksburg, Amesville, Lower Salem, Stroud Run State Park, and Little Hocking. This includes Interstate 77 in Ohio between mile markers 4 and 17. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern Ohio...and northwestern West Virginia. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 5:22 PM Aug. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 614 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON LAWRENCE MEIGS MORGAN PERRY VINTON WASHINGTON IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA CALHOUN GILMER JACKSON ROANE TAYLOR IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BARBOUR DODDRIDGE HARRISON LEWIS PLEASANTS RITCHIE TYLER UPSHUR WIRT WOOD IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA MASON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATHENS, BELINGTON, BELMONT, BELPRE, BRIDGEPORT, BUCKHANNON, CLARKSBURG, CROOKSVILLE, ELIZABETH, GALLIPOLIS, GLENVILLE, GRAFTON, GRANTSVILLE, HAMDEN, HARRISVILLE, IRONTON, JACKSON, LAKE VESUVIUS, MARIETTA, MCARTHUR, MCCONNELSVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE, NEW HAVEN, NEW LEXINGTON, OAK HILL, PADEN CITY, PARKERSBURG, PENNSBORO, PHILIPPI, POINT PLEASANT, POMEROY, RAVENSWOOD, RIPLEY, SISTERSVILLE, SOMERSET, SOUTH POINT, SPENCER, ST. MARYS, STOCKPORT, VIENNA, WELLSTON, WEST UNION, AND WESTON.
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