Tornado Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
230 PM   EDT  SAT AUG 06 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
   VIRGINIA...
AT 225 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED OR MOVED
INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AUGUSTA..PARTRICK AND BATH COUNTIES OF VA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS DANGEREOUS
LIGHTNING LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. THERE IS A THREAT OF
STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL DURING PASSAGE OF STORMS THROUGH SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SEEK INDOR SHELTER DURING THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

WB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
330 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 1988

AT 325 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR LOCATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES
WEST OF SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY VA AND ANOTHER
IN EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY VA ABOUT 4 MI EAST OF RADFORD VIRGINIA. MOVMENT
OF THESE STORMS ARE TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.    .

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEREOUS
LIGHTNING LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT
OF STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL DURING PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN
DOUBLIN AND RADFORD OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY VA SHOULD BE ALERT DURING THE
APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS..IN ADDITION MARINERS AND PERSONS IN
THE SMITH MOUNTAINS LAKE AREA SHOULD TAKE CAUTION.

WB