Severe Weather Alerts

Athens, Vinton and surrounding counties under Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POMEROY...
  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...ATHENS...
  ALBANY...
  NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE...GALLIPOLIS...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...JACKSON...
  NORTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUTLAND...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MCCONNELSVILLE...CHESTERHILL...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHAWNEE...NEW LEXINGTON...
  VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MCARTHUR...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEVERLY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF NEW LEXINGTON TO
  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE HOPE STATE PARK TO 15 MILES WEST OF
  JACKSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PERRY STATE FOREST TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGAN TO 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WAVERLY...  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MASON.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 NEAR MILE MARKER 17
IN OHIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 71 MPH WERE REPORTED IN COLUMBUS WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.