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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
359 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 359 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BURNT CHIMNEY TO NEAR ENDICOTT TO NEAR SANVILLE
TO NEAR CRITZ, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...
ROCKY MOUNT...
BOONES MILL...
FERRUM...
AXTON...
PENHOOK...
AND BASSETT.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTH CENTRAL, CENTRAL,
SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3666 8012 3695 8015 3697 8014 3698 8014
3699 8012 3700 8014 3715 7994 3704 7959
3666 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 269DEG 34KT 3714 7984 3691 8008 3673 8003 3667
8009
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
EB
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