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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
144 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
VAZ011-014-017>019-022-023-WVZ044-211815-
GILES VA-BOTETOURT VA-FLOYD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-
ALLEGHANY VA-MONROE WV-
144 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
ROANOKE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN GILES...CRAIG AND NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...THE CITY OF COVINGTON...THE
CITY OF SALEM AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
AT 142 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA BORDER, AND INTO THE
NEW RIVER VALLEY, MOVING EAST 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
BLACKSBURG...
SALEM...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
VINTON...
COVINGTON...
AND CLIFTON FORGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3786 7961 3766 7968 3752 7950 3745 7959
3748 7968 3740 7981 3722 7985 3714 7996
3715 8011 3692 8020 3718 8056 3719 8056
3719 8055 3720 8051 3721 8052 3724 8064
3738 8073 3769 8029 3795 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 297DEG 25KT 3756 8038 3726 8062
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PM
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