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WWUS81 KRNK 161116
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
716 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
VAZ007-009>013-WVZ042-161145-
TAZEWELL VA-GILES VA-PULASKI VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-SMYTH VA-MERCER WV-
716 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
WEST CENTRAL PULASKI...SOUTHWESTERN GILES...NORTHEASTERN SMYTH...
NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...BLAND...WYTHE AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES
THROUGH 745 AM EDT...
AT 716 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR POCAHONTAS TO NEAR SUITER TO NEAR RURAL
RETREAT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...
BLUEFIELD...
WYTHEVILLE...
BLAND...
PRINCETON...
RURAL RETREAT...
ATHENS...
AND CERES.
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 1100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3725 8145 3745 8097 3714 8085 3687 8086
3682 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 252DEG 30KT 3728 8132 3708 8124 3682 8130
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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