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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
656 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 655 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CALLAGHAN, OR
NEAR COVINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...
CLIFTON FORGE...
EAGLE ROCK...
JORDAN MINES...
ORISKANY...
COLLIERSTOWN...
AND IRON GATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. 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 3765 8038 3778 8012 3791 8010 3792 7966
3772 7953 3747 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 275DEG 42KT 3779 8011
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BMG
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