908  
WWUS81 KRNK 202317  
SPSRNK  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
717 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026  
 
VAZ013-014-017-202345-  
PULASKI VA-FLOYD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-  
717 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI
 
WEST  
CENTRAL FLOYD AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND THE  
SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF RADFORD THROUGH 745 PM EDT...  
 
AT 717 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
CLAYTOR LAKE STATE PARK, OR NEAR DUBLIN, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...  
RADFORD...  
PULASKI...  
DUBLIN...  
CLAYTOR DAM...  
CLAYTOR LAKE STATE PARK...  
GRAYSONTOWN...  
AND CHILDRESS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR CLAYTOR 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 3701 8077 3712 8073 3711 8046 3699 8049  
3691 8058  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 286DEG 12KT 3704 8069  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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