Special Weather Statement for Greenup; Carter; Boyd +5 more
At 227 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Greenbo Lake to near Coalton to Bruin. Movement was east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down...
Official alert brief
At 227 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Greenbo Lake to near Coalton to Bruin. Movement was east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Huntington, Ashland, Ironton, Grayson, Coal Grove, Chesapeake, Proctorville, Beech Fork State Park, Cannonsburg, Lake Vesuvius, Grayson Lake State Park, Yatesville Lake State Park, Barboursville, Kenova, Catlettsburg, Ceredo, Greenup, Coalton, Denton, and Burnaugh. This includes the following highways... Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 171 and 191. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 15.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until these storms pass.