Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Blacksburg VA · US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 21 At 1:09PM EDT Until September 21 At 2:00PM EDT By NWS Blacksburg VA
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
SVRRNK The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pulaski County in southwestern Virginia... The City of Radford in southwestern Virginia... Southwestern Montgomery County in southwestern Virginia... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 109 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dublin, moving east at 10 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted
Christiansburg... Radford... Pulaski... Dublin... Pilot... Claytor Dam... and Fairlawn.
Instructions
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. For your safety, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Stay away from windows. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of hail of any size, as well as reports of any wind damage, including downed trees or large limbs, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and on X.
Affected areas
- Montgomery County, VA
- Pulaski County, VA
- City of Radford, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32F46M0GM4RAQ7J05JQWQAK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8340984d1d71f657438e621da2f51e15b81a5f2a.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.7023
- 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 | SVR |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVRRNK |
| WMOidentifier | WUUS51 KRNK 211709 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T17:09:00-00:00...storm...269DEG...11KT...37.1,-80.66 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | 1.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0225.260921T1709Z-260921T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Montgomery County, VA
- Pulaski County, VA
- City of Radford, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051121 |
| SAME | 051155 |
| SAME | 051750 |
| UGC | VAC121 |
| UGC | VAC155 |
| UGC | VAC750 |
- Polygons
- 37.18,-80.75 37.2,-80.43 37.13,-80.3 37.04,-80.33 37.02,-80.35 37.01,-80.39 37.02,-80.42 37.0,-80.42 37.02,-80.43 37.01,-80.44 37.02,-80.45 36.98,-80.5 37.01,-80.52 36.98,-80.55 37.0,-80.75 37.18,-80.75