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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
808 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EAST CENTRAL BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EXTREME WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 804 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARCADIA
  TO GOODVIEW...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUCHANAN TO 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF STEWARTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOREST...
  BEDFORD CITY...
  HUDDLESTON...
  MONETA...
  AND BUCHANAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3767 7908 3709 7939 3709 7941 3707 7940
      3708 7961 3716 7968 3715 7971 3719 7972
      3719 7976 3721 7978 3723 7978 3722 7980
      3722 7981 3763 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 265DEG 28KT 3751 7962 3717 7978

$$

JH