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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1254 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
VAZ032-033-043-051730-
HENRY VA-FRANKLIN VA-PATRICK VA-
1254 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
HENRY...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...AND NORTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTIES
THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1253 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FAIRY STONE STATE PARK, OR NEAR BASSETT, MOVING EAST 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...
ROCKY MOUNT...
BASSETT...
FERRUM...
STANLEYTOWN...
ENDICOTT...
FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...
AND OAK LEVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR PHILPOTT LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3673 8018 3691 8019 3699 7987 3672 7985
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 259DEG 9KT 3682 8007
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PW
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