Weather Alert
Kanawha County, WV
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 8/16/26 7:57 PM
End: 8/16/26 8:30 PM
Dur: 00:33
Canceled 8/16/26 8:30 PM

Special Weather Statement issued August 16 at 7:57PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
At 757 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Kenna to near Julian.
Movement was east at 30 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...
Fayetteville, Clay, Oak Hill, Montgomery, Chesapeake, Marmet, Ansted, Belle, Clendenin, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley Bridge, Pratt, Van, Arnoldsburg, Burnwell, Powellton, and Glen.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 20 and 54.
West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 63 and 91.
Route 19 between mile markers 15 and 19.



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