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628 WWUS51 KRNK 161930 SVSRNK Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 330 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 VAC155-750-161940- /O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-250516T2000Z/ Pulaski VA-City of Radford VA- 330 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI AND THE CITY OF RADFORD IS CANCELLED... The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for southwestern Virginia...and southeastern West Virginia. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for north central North Carolina...and south central, central, southwestern and west central Virginia.
LAT...LON 3709 8051 3721 8048 3728 8034 3734 7991 3731 7985 3736 7978 3735 7978 3722 7968 3689 7983 3695 8051 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 271DEG 45KT 3712 8024
VAC019-063-067-121-161-770-775-162000- /O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-250516T2000Z/ Roanoke VA-City of Salem VA-Floyd VA-City of Roanoke VA-Bedford VA- Franklin VA-Montgomery VA- 330 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR ROANOKE...NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD...CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...THE CITY OF SALEM AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE... At 330 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crockett Springs, or near Shawsville, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Roanoke... Blacksburg... Salem... Christiansburg... Vinton... Rocky Mount... and Boones Mill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. For your safety, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Stay away from windows. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of hail of any size, as well as reports of any 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 3709 8051 3721 8048 3728 8034 3734 7991 3731 7985 3736 7978 3735 7978 3722 7968 3689 7983 3695 8051 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 271DEG 45KT 3712 8024 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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