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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
646 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
VAZ011-014-018-022-012315-
GILES VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-
646 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ROANOKE
EAST
CENTRAL GILES...SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF SALEM THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 645 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HUFFMAN, OR NEAR NEWPORT, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
SALEM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...
NEWPORT...
SINKING CREEK...
CATAWBA...
AND MC DONALDS MILL.
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 3725 8005 3717 8051 3719 8052 3720 8051
3721 8053 3738 8060 3751 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 255DEG 23KT 3731 8045
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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