Weather Alerts For Gassaway, WV

# HEADLINE -------------------- EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 106. WHERE Portions of northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and the lowlands and western foothills of West Virginia. WHEN Until 8 PM EDT Saturday. IMPACTS Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme, prolonged high heat and humidity events. ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Charleston WV HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our X and Facebook pages. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Calhoun, Jackson OH, Jackson WV, Lewis, Athens, Boone, Boyd, Braxton, Cabell, Carter, Clay, Doddridge, Gallia, Gilmer, Greenup, Harrison, Kanawha, Lawrence, Lawrence OH, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Meigs, Mingo, Morgan, Perry, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Vinton, Washington, Wayne, Wirt, Wood Including the cities of Alum Creek, Grayson, Sistersville, Elizabeth, Huntington, Sutton, Weston, Wayne, Parkersburg, Madison, Clay, Teays Valley, Ashland, Pomeroy, Oak Hill, New Haven, Grayson Lake State Park, Vienna, Belmont, Harts, St. Marys, West Union, New Lexington, Olive Hill, Paden City, Raceland, Hurricane, Charleston, Williamson, Point Pleasant, Man, Stockport, Ravenswood, McConnelsville, Crooksville, Hamlin, Gassaway, McArthur, Kenova, Burnsville, Ironton, Bridgeport, Gallipolis, Middlebourne, Glenville, Ripley, Carter Caves State Park, Hamden, Grantsville, Marietta, Chapmanville, Logan, Wellston, Clarksburg, Somerset, Jackson, Cannonsburg, Lake Vesuvius, Belpre, South Charleston, Yatesville Lake State Park, Spencer, Flatwoods, Pennsboro, Athens, South Point, Louisa, Saint Albans, Russell, Ceredo, and Harrisville

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUMMARY A swath of damaging to severe gusts is expected across southern Lower Michigan over the next few hours. Scattered damaging gusts are also likely over portions of the Mid Atlantic. Otherwise, scattered wind damage and large hail are still expected from parts of Nebraska into Iowa today. Isolated to scattered severe storms remain possible extending eastward from the northern/central Plains into the Midwest and Tennessee Valley. 20Z Update The main change made to this outlook was to upgrade southern Lower MI to a Category 3/Enhanced Risk, driven by 30 percent/CIG1 wind probabilities. A cold-pool-driven MCS, with some bowing tendencies and a history of producing numerous measured gusts in the 60-70 mph, is rapidly approaching southern Lower MI. KGRR inbound velocity data shows a rear-inflow jet exists with this MCS, and surface observations/latest mesoanalysis show a favorable environment in place for bow-echo persistence. Surface temperatures are exceeding 90 F in spots, amid 70-75 F surface dewpoints, yielding a gradient of 1500-3500 J/kg MLCAPE. Up to 30 kts of effective bulk shear coincides with this buoyancy gradient, with vectors oriented normal to the MCS leading-line orientation. Therefore, the expectation is for a damaging wind swath to occur over southern Lower MI with the passage of this MCS. At least scattered gusts will likely exceed 50 kts in intensity, and a few of these gusts may exceed 75 mph. 30 percent wind-driven probabilities were also added over portions of eastern PA into far southeastern NY and NJ, where surface temperatures are exceeding 100 F in spots ahead of a developing multicellular cluster. While vertical wind shear is modest, the well-mixed boundary layer is yielding low-level lapse rates well over 8 C/km on a widespread basis, with corresponding DCAPE approaching 1500 J/kg. As such, several of the stronger storm cores may produce wet downbursts capable of at least tree/wire damage on a scattered basis, and a few severe gusts are also possible. Otherwise, the previous forecast (see below) remains on track.