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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
525 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
VAZ058-059-142200-
HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-
525 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES THROUGH 600
PM EDT...
AT 524 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SCOTTSBURG, OR NEAR CLOVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDOAK...
CLOVER...
SCOTTSBURG...
HITESBURG...
STAUNTON RIVER STATE PARK...
DRYBURG...
AND MT LAUREL.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR STAUNTON RIVER OR JOHN KERR LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER
AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3670 7865 3668 7863 3666 7860 3666 7861
3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870 3667 7870
3664 7871 3659 7871 3658 7872 3679 7888
3687 7878 3679 7857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 314DEG 8KT 3678 7875
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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