Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Wythe And North Central Grayson Counties Through 745 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 712 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Crockett, or near Rural Retreat, moving southeast at 25 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... Rural Retreat... Speedwell... Cripple Creek... Crockett... Elk Creek... Favonia... and Spring Valley.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Wythe County, VA
- Grayson County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RT9749KGTPCN9Q85TSPK3H
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3292b96d21c26c5c00422f53774d74606dcec205.001.1
- 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.8227
- 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 172312 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WYTHE AND NORTH CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T23:12:00-00:00...storm...319DEG...21KT...36.9,-81.2 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Wythe County, VA
- Grayson County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051197 |
| SAME | 051077 |
| UGC | VAZ012 |
| UGC | VAZ015 |
- Polygons
- 36.97,-81.19 36.84,-80.96 36.82,-80.98 36.81,-81.01 36.81,-81.04 36.77,-81.02 36.75,-81.04 36.67,-81.2 36.89,-81.31 36.97,-81.19