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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
507 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 504 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NAOLA…OR ABOUT NEAR BIG ISLAND…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NAOLA…
FORKS OF BUFFALO…
ELON…
FALCONERVILLE…IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND…LARGE HAIL…VERY HEAVY RAIN…AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR LARGER SIZED HAIL…AS WELL AS
WIND DAMAGE…INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT…1…8 6 6…2 1 5…4 3 2 4.
