Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:30AM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Allegany County in western Maryland... Grant County in eastern West Virginia... Mineral County in eastern West Virginia... Northwestern Hardy County in eastern West Virginia... Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 330 AM EDT.
* At 229 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Berlin to near Accident to 6 miles east of Point Marion, moving southeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles.
* Locations impacted include... Cumberland, Frostburg, Keyser, Moorefield, Petersburg, Westernport, Romney, Bel Air, Bayard, La Vale, Fort Ashby, Lonaconing, Piedmont, Elk Garden, Kitzmiller, Ridgeley, Cresaptown, Potomac Park, Wiley Ford and Eckhart Mines.
* AFFECTED AREAS: HARDY, WV ... ALLEGANY, MD ... HAMPSHIRE, WV ... MINERAL, WV ... GRANT, WV
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Mineral County WV Emergency Management
Pine Swamp Rd
Keyser, WV 26726
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-788-1821
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning