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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
745 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2026
VAZ046-047-130015-
BUCKINGHAM VA-APPOMATTOX VA-
745 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
SOUTHEASTERN APPOMATTOX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
815 PM EDT...
AT 745 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF CUMBERLAND TO NEAR HIXBURG.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 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...
BUCKINGHAM...
DILLWYN...
PAMPLIN CITY...
SHEPPARDS...
ANDERSONVILLE...
GOLD HILL...
AND HIXBURG.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3733 7848 3734 7848 3733 7851 3735 7855
3740 7859 3734 7860 3732 7863 3725 7868
3729 7886 3767 7841 3765 7825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 282DEG 44KT 3758 7826 3733 7871
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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