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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
440 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ003>005-020-VAZ014-017-019-020-022>024-032>035-043>045-162200-
ROCKINGHAM NC-SURRY NC-STOKES NC-YADKIN NC-BOTETOURT VA-PATRICK VA-
FLOYD VA-AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
BATH VA-HENRY VA-FRANKLIN VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CAMPBELL VA-ROANOKE VA-
BEDFORD VA-
440 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT
STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...YADKIN AND EASTERN
SURRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...BOTETOURT...ROANOKE...EAST CENTRAL ALLEGHANY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BATH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...WESTERN
PITTSYLVANIA AND BEDFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AMHERST
COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...PATRICK AND EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA...THE CITY OF
SALEM...THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...THE CITY
OF LEXINGTON AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 440 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAGLE ROCK TO NEAR
HOLLINS TO NEAR POAGES MILL TO NEAR ARARAT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
LYNCHBURG...
SALEM...
EDEN...
MARTINSVILLE...
MOUNT AIRY...
AND VINTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3606 8088 3665 8053 3668 8046 3673 8048
3759 7995 3815 7944 3809 7949 3791 7918
3781 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907 3754 7887
3744 7901 3702 7924 3679 7952 3625 7992
3626 8045 3605 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 235DEG 49KT 3762 7982 3732 7992 3717 8003 3661
8048
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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