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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
702 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

VAZ011-014-018-170000-
GILES VA-CRAIG VA-MONTGOMERY VA-
702 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEMBROKE...OR 4 MILES WEST OF
  MOUNTAIN LAKE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER
  MOUNTAIN LAKE..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
  STORMS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD
  TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWPORT...
  MOUNTAIN LAKE...
  HUFFMAN...
  KIMBALLTON...
  AND INTERIOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 3735 8025 3734 8026 3731 8026 3722 8048
      3734 8071 3742 8066 3743 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 294DEG 14KT 3736 8063

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