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WWUS81 KRNK 161730
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
130 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ004>006-VAZ032-043-161800-
STOKES NC-ROCKINGHAM NC-CASWELL NC-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-
130 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
EASTERN STOKES...ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN CASWELL...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY
AND SOUTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 129 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTELLIGENCE, OR NEAR MADISON, 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...
EDEN...
REIDSVILLE...
WENTWORTH...
MAYODAN...
MADISON...
YANCEYVILLE...
AND STONEVILLE.
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 3625 7982 3626 8009 3661 8029 3661 7995
3640 7934 3641 7915 3624 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 327DEG 13KT 3639 7989
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CDG
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