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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
451 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025

VAZ014-022-122115-
Montgomery VA-Roanoke VA-
451 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN
ROANOKE AND EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

At 448 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of heavy
showers, that may become thunderstorms along a line extending from
Blacksburg to near Crockett Springs. Movement was northeast at 5
mph. Rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches an hour were occurring with
these showers.

HAZARD...Low lying flooding, ponding of water on roads.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Rainfall this heavy will lead to poor drainage flooding and
         some street flooding. Slow down to avoid hydroplaning.

Locations impacted include...
Blacksburg...
Christiansburg...
Bent Mountain...
Shawsville...
Mc Donalds Mill...
Elliston-Lafayette...
and Merrimac.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building due to any
cloud to ground lightning strikes.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 3716 8007 3716 8009 3715 8009 3715 8010
      3713 8012 3707 8031 3722 8048 3733 8040
      3735 8035 3736 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 237DEG 6KT 3722 8041 3712 8030

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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