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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
216 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 214 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COVINGTON TO NEAR SALEM, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
SALEM...
VINTON...
COVINGTON...
CLIFTON FORGE...
BUCHANAN...
AND TROUTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS, AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR SAFETY, MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE, AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON X.
LAT...LON 3818 7951 3815 7953 3817 7944 3774 7969
3766 7968 3757 7955 3745 7958 3748 7968
3740 7981 3738 7977 3731 7985 3723 7984
3714 7996 3717 8003 3711 8017 3731 8026
3782 8021 3799 8000 3818 7992 3826 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 274DEG 20KT 3811 8011 3725 8016
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
PM
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