Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Giles And South Central Monroe Counties Through 315 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Interior to near Willowton. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Pearisburg... Narrows... Pembroke... Peterstown... Mountain Lake... Poplar Hill... and Rich Creek.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Giles County, VA
- Monroe County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RBDP28RKMKK3WG4GN33YG2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.356e30e0c7e5c07078cdea933071eb51e5a81f2e.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRNK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1510
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSRNK |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS81 KRNK 171852 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT GILES AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T18:52:00-00:00...storm...327DEG...16KT...37.42,-80.62 37.31,-80.86 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Giles County, VA
- Monroe County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051071 |
| SAME | 054063 |
| UGC | VAZ011 |
| UGC | WVZ044 |
- Polygons
- 37.34,-80.44 37.17,-80.85 37.31,-80.91 37.35,-80.85 37.37,-80.87 37.49,-80.62 37.34,-80.44