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WWUS81 KRNK 032151
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
551 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
VAZ034-035-032215-
AMHERST VA-BEDFORD VA-
551 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN AMHERST COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM
EDT...
AT 551 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER BIG ISLAND, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG ISLAND...
COLEMAN FALLS...
BOONSBORO...
SNOWDEN...
SEDALIA...
NAOLA...
AND PLEASANT VIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3750 7912 3740 7942 3753 7950 3755 7948
3755 7947 3756 7945 3756 7944 3757 7943
3758 7945 3760 7946 3763 7941 3763 7940
3767 7932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 320DEG 9KT 3752 7934
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CDG
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