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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
845 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2026
VAZ010-011-013-070115-
GILES VA-PULASKI VA-BLAND VA-
845 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN PULASKI
SOUTHWESTERN
GILES AND EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
AT 845 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MECHANICSBURG, OR 10 MILES WEST OF POPLAR HILL, MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUBLIN...
POPLAR HILL...
MECHANICSBURG...
THESSALIA...
PARROTT...
WHITE GATE...
AND BANE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3712 8099 3724 8097 3727 8066 3716 8060
3709 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 274DEG 30KT 3718 8092
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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