Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Mercer County Through 630 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 555 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Camp Creek State Park, or near Camp Creek, moving south at 15 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... Princeton... Athens... Matoaka... Camp Creek... Ceres... Camp Creek State Park... and Elgood.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Mercer County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RNXTCHAKC4PG9MQ5SK99P4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a29c6322849f6dfd4564e60a2de0671ab068a420.001.1
- 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.6225
- 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 172156 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MERCER COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T21:55:00-00:00...storm...340DEG...13KT...37.52,-81.14 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mercer County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054055 |
| UGC | WVZ042 |
- Polygons
- 37.5,-81.26 37.51,-81.24 37.51,-81.21 37.53,-81.21 37.54,-81.2 37.56,-81.2 37.59,-81.11 37.53,-81.0 37.36,-80.89 37.27,-81.26 37.49,-81.27 37.5,-81.26