Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OHIO ARE INTENSIFYING AS THEY APPROACH
WEST VIRGINIA.

CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW THUNDERSTORMS
MERGING INTO THREE LINES AS THEY APPROACH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
THE NORTHERN LINE EXTENDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA BORDER...
SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO THE PARKERSBURG WV AREA...THEN
WESTWARD THROUGH CHILLICOTHE OH TO CINCINNATI OH.  ANOTHER LINE IS
DEVELOPING FROM NORTH OF HUNTINGTON WV WEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER
TO JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON KY.  THE SOUTHERNMOST LINE...IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KY...IS EXTENDING ITSELF EASTWARD TO THE WILLIAMSON WV AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS THEY ENTER
WEST VIRGINIA.  A MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST.
SUCH A FLOW AVOIDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS THAT USUALLY PROTECT
WEST VIRGINIA FROM LARGE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS IN A
WESTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW ARE USUALLY INTENSIFIED FURTHER...RATHER
THAN WEAKENED AS THEY APPROACH THE FOOTHILLS...THEN THE HIGH RIDGES
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

EXPECT ABRUPT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND
INTENSE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
DISCUSSING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

EOM