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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
704 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
* AT 701 AM EST, A LINE OF SHOWERS WAS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHILHOWIE
TO NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMPTON, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY TENNESSEE AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS CROSSED THAT REGION.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONE...
MARION...
JEFFERSON...
WEST JEFFERSON...
AND BLOWING ROCK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATION APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR SAFETY, MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE, AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3636 8180 3634 8171 3641 8174 3647 8170
3653 8171 3659 8168 3663 8160 3677 8169
3690 8133 3677 8126 3676 8123 3666 8121
3628 8142 3624 8148 3619 8147 3612 8154
3611 8181 3616 8183 3621 8191 3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 242DEG 68KT 3674 8175 3646 8173 3623 8207
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
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