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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
408 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 408 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEW CASTLE,
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
SALEM...
VINTON...
NEW CASTLE...
CATAWBA...
HOLLINS...
AND ABBOTT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS AND
ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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 TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3757 8000 3728 7985 3726 7986 3723 7984
3722 7985 3718 8018 3755 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 352DEG 12KT 3751 8010
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
PW
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