Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Pulaski And Southwestern Montgomery Counties And The City Of Radford Through 115 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1244 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dublin, moving east at 15 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... Radford... Pulaski... Dublin... Claytor Dam... Fairlawn... Mc Coy... and Claytor Lake State Park.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Pulaski County, VA
- Montgomery County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32DQAYCJZQXQ0R74T3H5FAQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bab1b34c9fa4965163c05ff594a837dc014a3ec1.001.1
- 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.6559
- 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 211645 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PULASKI AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RADFORD THROUGH 115 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T16:44:00-00:00...storm...263DEG...11KT...37.1,-80.72 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pulaski County, VA
- Montgomery County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051155 |
| SAME | 051750 |
| SAME | 051121 |
| UGC | VAZ013 |
| UGC | VAZ014 |
- Polygons
- 37.19,-80.78 37.2,-80.71 37.22,-80.68 37.27,-80.52 37.19,-80.46 37.1,-80.45 37.01,-80.58 37.0,-80.79 37.17,-80.82 37.19,-80.78