Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Surry County 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 314 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mountain Park, moving east at 20 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... Mount Airy... Fairview... Flat Rock... Dobson... Bottom... Mountain Park... and Level Cross.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Surry County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32PAKEKACKCQAYMF8SH1GBX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9fc9e2b2cf4e93a8806f41f2cbaabd2f70ab2083.001.1
- 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.2326
- 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 211915 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SURRY COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T19:14:00-00:00...storm...278DEG...18KT...36.43,-80.84 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Surry County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037171 |
| UGC | NCZ003 |
- Polygons
- 36.26,-80.68 36.27,-80.68 36.27,-80.7 36.32,-80.87 36.34,-80.9 36.36,-80.91 36.37,-80.93 36.38,-80.94 36.56,-80.89 36.55,-80.53 36.37,-80.54 36.29,-80.62 36.29,-80.63 36.28,-80.63 36.27,-80.64 36.25,-80.65 36.26,-80.68