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WWUS81 KRNK 042034
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
434 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
VAZ022-042100-
ROANOKE VA-
434 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
CENTRAL ROANOKE ...THE CITY OF SALEM AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE THROUGH
500 PM EDT...
AT 434 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CAVE SPRING, OR OVER SALEM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
ROANOKE...
SALEM...
HOLLINS...
POAGES MILL...
CAVE SPRING...
AND GLENVAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3736 7994 3733 7987 3718 8003 3726 8017
3740 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 215DEG 9KT 3724 8004
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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