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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
250 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2009

OHZ049-050-059-068-069-WVZ004-171945-
BELMONT OH-HARRISON OH-JEFFERSON OH-MARSHALL WV-MONROE OH-NOBLE OH-
250 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS...

THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
MONROE...NOBLE...BELMONT...HARRISON...JEFFERSON AND MARSHALL...

AT 248 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LEWISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SUMMERFIELD...        GRAYSVILLE...         LEWISVILLE...
  WOODLANDS...          MOUNDSVILLE...        MCMECHEN...
  GLENDALE...           GLEN EASTON...        FAIRVIEW...
  BENWOOD...            WOODSFIELD...         SOMERTON...

KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE 
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF 
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE 
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS 
AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG 
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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