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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
329 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
VAZ018-019-022-023-012000-
BOTETOURT VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
329 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL ROANOKE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ALLEGHANY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTERN
CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN BOTETOURT
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 329 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NEW CASTLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW CASTLE...
AND ORISKANY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS, AND
MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3736 8009 3754 8022 3773 8000 3765 7986
3756 7980
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 237DEG 19KT 3749 8008
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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