Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northeastern Giles...Greenbrier...Eastern Summers...East Central Mercer And Monroe Counties Through 130 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Meadow Bluff to near Wolfcreek to Bozoo. Movement was east at 25 to 30 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... Lewisburg... Pearisburg... White Sulphur Springs... Narrows... Ronceverte... Alderson... and Rupert.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Giles County, VA
- Mercer County, WV
- Summers County, WV
- Monroe County, WV
- Eastern Greenbrier
- Western Greenbrier
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32ECWH51XNPXNPMVGJCWG4Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.282527dff6a66efdb7bb4ac640c792d1043eb34c.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.6686
- 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 211656 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GILES...GREENBRIER...EASTERN SUMMERS...EAST CENTRAL MERCER AND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T16:56:00-00:00...storm...266DEG...25KT...37.91,-80.66 37.62,-80.66 37.47,-80.84 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Giles County, VA
- Mercer County, WV
- Summers County, WV
- Monroe County, WV
- Eastern Greenbrier
- Western Greenbrier
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051071 |
| SAME | 054055 |
| SAME | 054089 |
| SAME | 054063 |
| SAME | 054025 |
| UGC | VAZ011 |
| UGC | WVZ042 |
| UGC | WVZ043 |
| UGC | WVZ044 |
| UGC | WVZ507 |
| UGC | WVZ508 |
- Polygons
- 38.26,-80.43 38.22,-80.36 38.11,-80.36 38.05,-80.27 37.92,-80.2 37.78,-80.23 37.69,-80.3 37.66,-80.28 37.62,-80.22 37.56,-80.33 37.53,-80.32 37.53,-80.28 37.5,-80.31 37.42,-80.47 37.43,-80.49 37.38,-80.55 37.31,-80.83 37.41,-81.0 37.61,-80.76 37.97,-80.76 38.26,-80.43