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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
458 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
VAZ033-043-044-042130-
HENRY VA-FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
458 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
WEST CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA...EASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 458 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARTINSVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...
CALLANDS...
SYDNORSVILLE...
PENHOOK...
SNOW CREEK...
LEATHERWOOD...
AND VILLA HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL, CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3658 7984 3664 7996 3704 7974 3689 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 212DEG 16KT 3666 7985
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
WP
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