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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
238 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
VAZ019-024-035-041915-
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
238 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
EASTERN ALLEGHANY...CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN AMHERST COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE
CITY OF BUENA VISTA AND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 238 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LONGDALE FURNACE, OR NEAR COLLIERSTOWN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
LEXINGTON...
BUENA VISTA...
GLASGOW...
COLLIERSTOWN...
CORNWALL...
ALTO...
AND ORONOCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS, AND
MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3781 7920 3757 7935 3781 7973 3785 7970
3784 7969 3787 7966 3787 7965 3789 7963
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 296DEG 26KT 3783 7963
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JCB
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