Special Weather Statement
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northwestern Pulaski...Central Giles...Bland And North Central Wythe Counties Through 1245 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1217 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over White Gate, or near Poplar Hill, moving northeast at 20 mph.
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... Bland... Pearisburg... Narrows... Pembroke... Peterstown... Rocky Gap... and Bastian.
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
- Bland County, VA
- Giles County, VA
- Wythe County, VA
- Pulaski County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33NBZDG91DWMRA4X7KPFTD6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.46a214cfaeeca41ae01f787d7f7e762e0e38b296.001.1
- 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.6134
- 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 220417 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...CENTRAL GILES...BLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL WYTHE COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T04:17:00-00:00...storm...244DEG...18KT...37.22,-80.84 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bland County, VA
- Giles County, VA
- Wythe County, VA
- Pulaski County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051021 |
| SAME | 051071 |
| SAME | 051197 |
| SAME | 051155 |
| SAME | 051750 |
| UGC | VAZ010 |
| UGC | VAZ011 |
| UGC | VAZ012 |
| UGC | VAZ013 |
- Polygons
- 37.3,-80.98 37.29,-80.95 37.31,-80.9 37.35,-80.85 37.37,-80.87 37.4,-80.81 37.4,-80.79 37.37,-80.77 37.38,-80.73 37.33,-80.61 37.16,-80.62 36.99,-81.11 37.15,-81.25 37.3,-80.98