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WUUS51 KRNK 221957
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VAC045-121-161-770-775-222030-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
357 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SINKING CREEK TO
  ELLISTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF CATAWBA
  TO SHAWSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALEM CITY...
  CATAWBA...
  NEW CASTLE...
  BRADSHAW...
  AND ELLISTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.


&&

LAT...LON 3763 8006 3749 8002 3741 8007 3738 8000
      3732 7998 3714 8025 3743 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 216DEG 21KT 3741 8024 3721 8023

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