Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Pittsylvania County And The Northern City Of Danville Through 730 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 702 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Climax, or near Chatham, moving south 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... Danville... Chatham... Blairs... Callands... Swansonville... Dry Fork... and Climax.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Pittsylvania County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RSQX0ZRKFRSPX82XFY37V5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c06be099fac8a209ab5b38ff67e608c4d75853b3.001.1
- 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.8003
- 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 172302 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN CITY OF DANVILLE THROUGH 730 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T23:02:00-00:00...storm...007DEG...15KT...36.83,-79.48 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pittsylvania County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051143 |
| SAME | 051590 |
| UGC | VAZ044 |
- Polygons
- 36.9,-79.58 36.88,-79.36 36.58,-79.35 36.61,-79.68 36.9,-79.58