Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Greenbrier County 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 1250 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Babcock State Park, moving east at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rainelle... Rupert... Quinwood... Bingham... Duo... and Anjean.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Western Greenbrier
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32E2M90G8FDESV3HP4J85X5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c00bd76958d69f4dfb35c8ab6040088efcc56037.001.1
- 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.6631
- 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 211651 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY THROUGH 115 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T16:50:00-00:00...storm...270DEG...15KT...38.05,-80.92 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Western Greenbrier
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054025 |
| UGC | WVZ508 |
- Polygons
- 37.91,-80.64 37.93,-80.8 37.95,-80.81 37.99,-80.77 37.99,-80.79 38.01,-80.79 38.02,-80.8 38.03,-80.82 38.04,-80.83 38.06,-80.8 38.06,-80.82 38.05,-80.84 38.06,-80.87 38.08,-80.89 38.1,-80.88 38.08,-80.71 38.21,-80.51 37.91,-80.64