Severe Thunderstorm Warning
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
VAC067-089-143-690-072130-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0024.130507T2028Z-130507T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 425 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CLIMAX TO STANLEYTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CALLANDS TO BASSETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYDNORSVILLE...
BASSETT...
CALLANDS...
CHATHAM...
AND GRETNA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND...OR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE
OR LARGER HAIL...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF 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 3670 8009 3679 8007 3680 8004 3682 8006
3694 8004 3701 7949 3701 7948 3702 7947
3705 7921 3671 7936 3668 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 227DEG 13KT 3687 7950 3677 7991
$$
KK
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
506 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013
VAZ034-044-045-072200-
CAMPBELL VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-BEDFORD VA-
506 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HURT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND
ON ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVINGTON...
HUDDLESTON...
HURT...
ALTAVISTA...
AND LEESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.
&&
LAT...LON 3709 7916 3696 7932 3708 7961 3709 7963
3729 7932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 137DEG 4KT 3708 7931
$$
KK
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082000- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL QUICKLY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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