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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
611 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
VAZ011-014-018-022-012245-
GILES VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-
611 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
NORTHWESTERN ROANOKE...EAST CENTRAL GILES...SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG AND
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 610 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HUFFMAN, OR NEAR NEWPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACKSBURG...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...
NEWPORT...
SINKING CREEK...
CRAIG SPRINGS...
MC DONALDS MILL...
AND CASCADES.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3730 8014 3722 8054 3735 8063 3743 8048
3742 8048 3745 8042 3748 8037 3749 8036
3749 8033 3751 8030 3753 8028 3754 8029
3754 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 244DEG 14KT 3733 8045
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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