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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:15 PM Jul. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Roanoke County in west central Virginia... East central Pulaski County in southwestern Virginia... The City of Radford in southwestern Virginia... Northeastern Floyd County in southwestern Virginia... Northwestern Franklin County in west central Virginia... Montgomery County in southwestern Virginia... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 314 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Merrimac, or near Blacksburg, moving east at 25 mph. A separate severe thunderstorm was located just south of the City of Radford, moving at a similar speed and direction. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Blacksburg... Christiansburg... Radford... Pilot... Copper Hill... Shawsville... and Bent Mountain. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Flood Watch
Issued: 2:13 PM Jul. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of North Carolina, including the following areas, Alleghany NC, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin, Virginia, including the following areas, Alleghany VA, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe, and southeast West Virginia, including the following areas, Eastern Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers and Western Greenbrier. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and persist through this evening. Rain rates of 2 to 4 inches an hour are expected. If these storms sit over an area for even a short amount of time, poor drainage flooding may occur. If storms merge or train over the same area, resulting in persistent, or repetitive rounds of rainfall, then flash flooding may occur. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. &&
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