933
WWUS81 KRNK 152015
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
415 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
VAZ009-012-015-016-152045-
GRAYSON VA-WYTHE VA-SMYTH VA-CARROLL VA-
415 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH...SOUTHWESTERN WYTHE...SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND
GRAYSON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF GALAX THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SPEEDWELL, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
GALAX...
RURAL RETREAT...
INDEPENDENCE...
FRIES...
MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...
SPEEDWELL...
AND SUGAR GROVE.
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.
LAT...LON 3695 8133 3694 8115 3666 8078 3657 8105
3657 8125 3679 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 316DEG 14KT 3681 8118
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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