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WWUS81 KRNK 152039
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
VAZ007-009-010-012-152115-
TAZEWELL VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-SMYTH VA-
439 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN SMYTH...SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...SOUTHWESTERN BLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN WYTHE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 439 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER BURKES GARDEN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
BLAND...
BLUEFIELD...
TAZEWELL...
CERES...
BURKES GARDEN...
NEBO...
AND GRATTON.
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 3708 8158 3725 8132 3706 8105 3686 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 301DEG 17KT 3712 8134
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CDG
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