Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1215 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

VAZ058-059-180515-
CHARLOTTE VA-HALIFAX VA-
1215 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN
  SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... NORTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH
  CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRYSTAL HILL...OR 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NATHALIE...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...
  CLOVER...
  CRYSTAL HILL...
  SAXE...
  DRAKES BRANCH...
  AND MT LAUREL.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3675 7872 3679 7899 3707 7887 3702 7856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 207DEG 11KT 3686 7886

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