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WWUS81 KRNK 110842
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
442 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
VAZ011-013-014-018-019-022>024-034-035-WVZ042>044-507-110930-
BOTETOURT VA-PULASKI VA-AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
GILES VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-BEDFORD VA-SUMMERS WV-
EASTERN GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-MERCER WV-
442 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...GILES AND CRAIG COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA...SOUTHWESTERN ROCKBRIDGE...BOTETOURT...ROANOKE AND
ALLEGHANY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWESTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN SUMMERS...MERCER AND MONROE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...THE CITY OF COVINGTON...THE CITY OF
BUENA VISTA...THE CITY OF SALEM...THE CITY OF LEXINGTON AND THE CITY
OF ROANOKE THROUGH 530 AM EDT...
AT 442 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LONGDALE FURNACE TO NEAR ORISKANY TO
LAUREL BRANCH TO NEAR PIPESTEM. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...
ROANOKE...
BLACKSBURG...
SALEM...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
VINTON...
LEXINGTON...
AND BUENA VISTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3774 7927 3752 7938 3718 7991 3714 8014
3719 8075 3728 8100 3730 8098 3729 8105
3738 8133 3742 8128 3746 8131 3751 8121
3757 8120 3759 8109 3762 8107 3763 8107
3773 8029 3788 7975 3784 7969 3788 7964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 324DEG 33KT 3787 7969 3765 8005 3755 8051 3756
8091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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