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WWUS81 KRNK 221004
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
604 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
VAZ009-010-012>014-017-022-033-221030-
FRANKLIN VA-PULASKI VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-FLOYD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-
SMYTH VA-ROANOKE VA-
604 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN
ROANOKE...PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN SMYTH...NORTHERN FLOYD...
SOUTHEASTERN BLAND...WYTHE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RADFORD THROUGH 630 AM EDT...
AT 602 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROANOKE MOUNTAIN TO NEAR RURAL RETREAT.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PONDING OF WATER ALONG HIGHWAYS COULD LEAD TO HYDROPLANING.
GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
RADFORD...
PULASKI...
WYTHEVILLE...
DUBLIN...
RURAL RETREAT...
AND BOONES MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3696 8149 3716 8048 3719 7993 3716 7971
3715 7970 3716 7970 3712 7965 3711 7968
3682 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 284DEG 8KT 3717 7993 3694 8130
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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