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Pocahontas County Emergency Management
Monday August 7th, 2023 :: 10:59 a.m. EDT

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Tornado Watch until 06:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 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 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON LAWRENCE MEIGS MORGAN PERRY 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, BRIDGEPORT, BUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE, CANNONSBURG, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, CEREDO, CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSBURG, CLAY, CLINTWOOD, CRAIGSVILLE, CROOKSVILLE, ELIZABETH, ELKINS, FAYETTEVILLE, FLATWOODS, GALLIPOLIS, GARY, GASSAWAY, GLENVILLE, GRAFTON, GRANTSVILLE, GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, GRUNDY, HAMDEN, HAMLIN, HARRISVILLE, HARTS, HUNTINGTON, HURRICANE, IRONTON, JACKSON, KENOVA, LAKE VESUVIUS, LOGAN, LOUISA, MADISON, MAN, MARIETTA, MARLINTON, MCARTHUR, MCCONNELSVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE, MULLENS, NEW HAVEN, NEW LEXINGTON, OAK HILL, OAK HILL, OCEANA, OLIVE HILL, PADEN CITY, PARKERSBURG, PENNSBORO, PHILIPPI, PINEVILLE, POINT PLEASANT, POMEROY, RACELAND, RAVENSWOOD, RICHWOOD, RIPLEY, RUSSELL, SAINT ALBANS, SISTERSVILLE, SOMERSET, 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.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BOYD, KY ... CARTER, KY ... GREENUP, KY ... LAWRENCE, KY ... ATHENS, OH ... GALLIA, OH ... JACKSON, OH ... LAWRENCE, OH ... MEIGS, OH ... MORGAN, OH ... PERRY, OH ... VINTON, OH ... WASHINGTON, OH ... BUCHANAN, VA ... DICKENSON, VA ... BARBOUR, WV ... BOONE, WV ... BRAXTON, WV ... CABELL, WV ... CALHOUN, WV ... CLAY, WV ... DODDRIDGE, WV ... FAYETTE, WV ... GILMER, WV ... HARRISON, WV ... JACKSON, WV ... KANAWHA, WV ... LEWIS, WV ... LINCOLN, WV ... LOGAN, WV ... MCDOWELL, WV ... MASON, WV ... MINGO, WV ... NICHOLAS, WV ... PLEASANTS, WV ... POCAHONTAS, WV ... PUTNAM, WV ... RALEIGH, WV ... RANDOLPH, WV ... RITCHIE, WV ... ROANE, WV ... TAYLOR, WV ... TYLER, WV ... UPSHUR, WV ... WAYNE, WV ... WEBSTER, WV ... WIRT, WV ... WOOD, WV ... WYOMING, WV

Address/Location
Pocahontas County Emergency Management
1008 Jury St
Marlinton, WV 24954

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-799-4567

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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