Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 11:06PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
At 1105 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Oceana, or 8 miles north of Pineville, moving 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...
Beckley, Pineville, Mullens, Mabscott, Oceana, Sophia, Crab Orchard, Dry Creek, Macarthur, Coal City, Bradley, Prosperity, Twin Falls State Park, Piney View, Lester, Rhodell, Bolt, Arnett, Kopperston, and Glen Daniel.
This includes the following highways...
West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 39 and 52.
Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 120 and 121.
Route 19 between mile markers 1 and 4.

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