If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Charleston West Virginia.

At 536 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wharton, or 13 miles southeast of Madison, moving east at 15 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... Van, Wharton, Bald Knob, Whitesville, Sylvester, Turtle Creek, Stickney, Blair, Naoma, Prenter, Sharples, and Jeffrey. This includes Route 119 between mile markers 44 and 48.