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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
720 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
VAZ007-009>012-WVZ042-280015-
TAZEWELL VA-GILES VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-SMYTH VA-MERCER WV-
720 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
WEST CENTRAL GILES...NORTHERN SMYTH...TAZEWELL...BLAND...NORTHWESTERN
WYTHE AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 720 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRAMWELL TO NEAR TIPTOP TO NEAR CLAYPOOL HILL.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 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...
BLUEFIELD...
BLAND...
PRINCETON...
TAZEWELL...
CEDAR BLUFF...
CERES...
AND ROCKY GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3721 8161 3721 8156 3726 8150 3727 8142
3738 8134 3742 8128 3728 8087 3704 8116
3683 8164 3707 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 285DEG 16KT 3732 8132 3718 8148 3699 8180
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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