Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 21 At 5:15PM EDT Until September 21 At 6:15PM 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... Northwestern Giles County in southwestern Virginia... Southern Summers County in southeastern West Virginia... Eastern Mercer County in southeastern West Virginia... Western Monroe County in southeastern West Virginia... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 515 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lerona, or near Camp Creek, moving northeast at 25 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
Princeton... Narrows... Athens... Peterstown... Camp Creek... Pipestem... and Rich Creek.
Instructions
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds, as well as deadly cloud to ground lightning. 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
- Giles County, VA
- Mercer County, WV
- Monroe County, WV
- Summers County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32X5VTFX6KS6H9ZQVVBNNCR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.089f457ae41ad8c239690c7845ee2bd77fa23e30.001.1
- 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.5726
- 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 212115 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T21:15:00-00:00...storm...237DEG...20KT...37.5,-81.03 |
| 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.0236.260921T2115Z-260921T2215Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T18:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Giles County, VA
- Mercer County, WV
- Monroe County, WV
- Summers County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051071 |
| SAME | 054055 |
| SAME | 054063 |
| SAME | 054089 |
| UGC | VAC071 |
| UGC | WVC055 |
| UGC | WVC063 |
| UGC | WVC089 |
- Polygons
- 37.54,-81.2 37.58,-81.19 37.6,-81.14 37.59,-81.09 37.6,-81.07 37.62,-81.06 37.58,-80.84 37.72,-80.68 37.51,-80.57 37.28,-80.85 37.34,-81.07 37.52,-81.21 37.54,-81.2