Special Weather Statement issued August 5 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
At 645 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pinch, or 9 miles east of Charleston, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Sissonville, Clendenin, Pinch, Coal Fork, Elkview, and Amma.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 26.
Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker 96, and between mile markers 107 and 113.
West Virginia Turnpike near mile marker 95.

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