Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1258 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013
VAZ058-059-180530-
CHARLOTTE VA-HALIFAX VA-
1258 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR... SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUFFALO SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF REDOAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 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.
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN 30 MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDOAK...
WYLLIESBURG...
DRYBURG...
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.
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LAT...LON 3670 7864 3666 7861 3664 7856 3664 7858
3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870 3661 7872
3667 7879 3689 7860 3682 7855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 225DEG 15KT 3668 7867
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