Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Remains In Effect Until 615 PM EDT For Northwestern Giles And Western Monroe Counties
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ballengee, or 9 miles southwest of Alderson, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
Source
Trained weather spotters.
Impacts
Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Narrows... Peterstown... Rich Creek... Glen Lyn... Red Sulphur Spring... Wayside... and Lindside.
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
- Giles County, VA
- Monroe County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m1s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3300GMP1EQQ5BKDDXA1V612
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba5a14baf4414776e29625bc2c30ca76cbb174d7.002.1
- 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.7203
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVS |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVSRNK |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS51 KRNK 212204 |
| NWSheadline | A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GILES AND WESTERN MONROE COUNTIES |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:04:00-00:00...storm...237DEG...20KT...37.61,-80.73 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | OBSERVED |
| maxHailSize | 1.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-260921T2215Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T18:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Giles County, VA
- Monroe County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051071 |
| SAME | 054063 |
| UGC | VAC071 |
| UGC | WVC063 |
- Polygons
- 37.51,-80.57 37.28,-80.85 37.3,-80.93 37.35,-80.85 37.38,-80.88 37.5,-80.81 37.7,-80.67 37.51,-80.57