Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
651 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 648 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLASGOW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUENA VISTA CITY...
  CORNWALL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

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LAT...LON 3781 7924 3775 7930 3771 7931 3768 7934
      3764 7941 3767 7947 3786 7933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 215DEG 6KT 3768 7943

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