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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
217 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
VAZ006-008-201900-
WASHINGTON VA-RUSSELL VA-
217 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RUSSELL AND CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 217 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND VA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON, CLEVELAND VA, HONAKER, ST. PAUL, CASTLEWOOD, HOLSTON,
HANSONVILLE, AND ROSEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3688 8180 3665 8217 3689 8232 3706 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 350DEG 13KT 3698 8199 3685 8220
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SR
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