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SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Calhoun County in north central West Virginia... Northwestern Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia... Northeastern Kanawha County in central West Virginia... Southwestern Braxton County in north central West Virginia... Southeastern Roane County in central West Virginia... Clay County in north central West Virginia... Northwestern Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 1130 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Clendenin to near Pinch to Marmet, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Charleston, Sutton, Clay, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Clendenin, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Gassaway, Glasgow, Pratt, Pinch, Glen, Coal Fork, Elkview, Big Otter, Wallback, Amma, and Harrison. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 10 and 63. Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker 96. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 86 and 95. Route 19 between mile markers 51 and 57, and near mile marker 68.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BRAXTON, WV ... CALHOUN, WV ... CLAY, WV ... FAYETTE, WV ... KANAWHA, WV ... NICHOLAS, WV ... ROANE, WV

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging wind and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.