Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southwestern Rockingham County Through 245 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 220 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Bethany, or near Madison, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Madison... Intelligence... Ellisboro... Bethany... Haw River State Park... and Belews Lake.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Rockingham County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TW04PPJ6B9F3W0J5JVYR7J
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.918b9f4fdc9bda771041925d7230a9e8233ccfd6.001.1
- 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.509
- 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 181820 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T18:20:00-00:00...storm...332DEG...9KT...36.31,-79.91 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rockingham County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037157 |
| UGC | NCZ005 |
- Polygons
- 36.26,-80.03 36.26,-80.04 36.39,-79.99 36.41,-79.86 36.25,-79.74 36.26,-80.03