Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Rockbridge County...The City Of Buena Vista And The City Of Lexington Through 345 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 301 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong to severe thunderstorms over the Allehany Highlands. Movement was east at 30 mph. These storms are expected to weaken, but may still contain gusty winds and heavy rain as they cross I-81 near Lexington VA.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lexington... Buena Vista... Glasgow... Goshen... Collierstown... Rockbridge Baths... and Cornwall.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage. Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid hydroplaning.
Affected areas
- Rockbridge County, VA
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
- 01M32NVMWY6NZ0JZ0HJ1AP4RNM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d27388610f07895d13e79303a8703f975845d9fb.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.1967
- 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 211907 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA AND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON THROUGH 345 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T19:06:00-00:00...storm...278DEG...26KT...38.13,-79.6 37.58,-79.72 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rockbridge County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051163 |
| SAME | 051530 |
| SAME | 051678 |
| UGC | VAZ024 |
- Polygons
- 38.08,-79.48 37.88,-79.15 37.8,-79.17 37.8,-79.22 37.81,-79.23 37.79,-79.27 37.66,-79.35 37.63,-79.39 37.61,-79.46 37.57,-79.44 37.53,-79.5 37.59,-79.58 37.6,-79.57 37.66,-79.68 37.69,-79.67 37.74,-79.69 37.85,-79.61 37.88,-79.65 37.9,-79.63 38.08,-79.48