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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 10:10 PM Apr. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PLEASANTS...
NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE AND TYLER COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Middlebourne, moving east at 30 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...
Middlebourne, Arvilla, Alma, Point Lookout, Wick, Lima, Hebron,
Center Point, and Canton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern Ohio...and northern and northwestern West Virginia.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 6:44 PM Apr. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
85 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

BOYD                  CARTER                GREENUP
LAWRENCE

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST OHIO

ATHENS                GALLIA                JACKSON
LAWRENCE              MEIGS                 MORGAN
VINTON                WASHINGTON

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

BUCHANAN              DICKENSON

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 34 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

BRAXTON               CALHOUN               CLAY
GILMER                JACKSON               NICHOLAS
ROANE                 TAYLOR                WEBSTER

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BARBOUR               DODDRIDGE             HARRISON
LEWIS                 PLEASANTS             POCAHONTAS
RANDOLPH              RITCHIE               TYLER
UPSHUR                WIRT                  WOOD

IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BOONE                 FAYETTE               KANAWHA
LINCOLN               LOGAN                 MCDOWELL
MINGO                 PUTNAM                RALEIGH
WYOMING

IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

CABELL                MASON                 WAYNE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALUM CREEK, ASHLAND, ATHENS, BECKLEY,
BELINGTON, BELMONT, BELPRE, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, BRIDGEPORT,
BUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE, CANNONSBURG, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK,
CEREDO, CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSBURG, CLAY, CLINTWOOD,
COWEN, CRAIGSVILLE, DAVENPORT, ELIZABETH, ELKINS, FAYETTEVILLE,
FLATWOODS, GALLIPOLIS, GARY, GASSAWAY, GLENVILLE, GRAFTON,
GRANTSVILLE, GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, GRUNDY, HAMDEN,
HAMLIN, HARRISVILLE, HARTS, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, HUNTINGTON,
HURLEY, HURRICANE, IRONTON, JACKSON, KENOVA, LAKE VESUVIUS,
LOGAN, LOUISA, MADISON, MAN, MARIETTA, MARLINTON, MCARTHUR,
MCCONNELSVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE, MULLENS, NEW HAVEN, OAK HILL,
OAK HILL, OCEANA, OLIVE HILL, PADEN CITY, PARKERSBURG, PENNSBORO,
PHILIPPI, PINEVILLE, POINT PLEASANT, POMEROY, RACELAND,
RAVENSWOOD, RICHWOOD, RIPLEY, RUSSELL, SAINT ALBANS,
SISTERSVILLE, SOUTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH POINT, SPENCER, ST. MARYS,
STOCKPORT, SUMMERSVILLE, SUTTON, TEAYS VALLEY, VANSANT, VIENNA,
WAR, WAYNE, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WELCH, WELLSTON, WEST UNION, WESTON,
WILLIAMSON, AND YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK.

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