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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 18, 2026Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT for Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Yadkin County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Siloam, NC	Tree down on power lines off Friendship Circle Road.
Jul 18, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E East Bend, NC	Social media report of a tree down along Main Street near the post office in East Bend, NC. Time is estimated from radar.
Jul 18, 4:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne East Bend, NC	Social media report of a tree down, blocking Old Mill Road in East Bend, NC. Time is estimated from radar.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

893 
WUUS51 KRNK 182034
SVRRNK
NCC197-182100-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0113.260718T2034Z-260718T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
434 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Yadkin County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 434 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lone Hickory,
  or near Yadkinville, moving east at 20 mph.

  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...
  Yadkinville...
  East Bend...
  Courtney...
  Huntsville...
  Shacktown...
  Enon...
  and Lone Hickory.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. For your
safety, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Stay away from windows.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3606 8084 3607 8082 3615 8056 3628 8058
      3628 8054 3626 8053 3626 8046 3622 8043
      3621 8045 3613 8044 3612 8046 3611 8050
      3609 8052 3605 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 252DEG 19KT 3608 8069 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CDG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

1) Strong to severe showers and thunderstorms this afternoon/evening shifts southeast Sunday, with additional chances for showers and storms through Wednesday. 2) Temperatures will be seasonable for late mid-late July, and cooldown after next frontal passage late week.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
215 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 496 in effect for along/east of the
Blue Ridge until 9pm today.

Aviation Updated. Good chance for showers and storms into
midweek.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Strong to severe showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon/evening shifts southeast Sunday,  with additional
chances for showers and storms through Wednesday.

2) Temperatures will be seasonable for late mid-late July, and
cooldown after next frontal passage late week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Strong to severe showers and thunderstorms into
this evening with additional chances for daily thunderstorms
through mid week.

Best severe parameters are in the Piedmont with SBCAPEs of 3000
to 4000 J/kg, and DCAPEs exceeding 1000 J/kg.

Main concern will be from wet microbursts as best shear is
further north. Storms in the mountains could get strong, but
radar trends show many cells competing with each other and this
will tend to keep instability limited. However, training of
cells in the mountains could cause flooding concerns. We've been
dry the last 3+ days for most of the area, so flooding would be
very localized.

5h trough axis will be over us tonight, and should drive the
front further south Sunday. Seems severe and flooding threat
would be limited to our NC counties if that tomorrow.
Showers/storms will could be scattered/numerous with the front
overnight tonight, the lower clouds may hinder instability
Sunday along/north of the front.

As the upper trough position amplifies and the fronts work
southeast through early-mid next week, heavy convective rain
chances will overspread much of the area thanks to a slow wavy
frontal progression.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Temperatures will be seasonable for late mid-late July, and
cooldown after next frontal passage late week.

Pattern with 2 fronts and troughiness will lead to temperatures
running at/close to normal early in the period but still on the
humid side, then after the frontal passage midweek, should see
temperatures slightly below normal.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Storms will be hit/miss today but enough coverage to have VCTS
tempo thunder at times this afternoon per latest radar trends.
Severe threat looks best east of a line from HSP-MTV.

Showers will still be possible as another wave approaches
tonight but for now not as confident in having precip in past
00-02z. Best chance would be across WV tonight.

Lower cigs are likely as the front stretches across the area
late tonight. Anticipate some cigs in the 3 hundred to 3kft
range and at times fog could be an issue.

Should scatter out to VFR by the end of the taf period except
MVFR at BLF.

OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
Daily convection will bring MVFR or briefly lower conditions
each day through Wednesday. Mountain valley fog/low stratus will
also be possible each morning. A westerly wind with speeds
between 6 and 12 kts will continue Sunday, with occasional gusts
as high as 25 kts for the mountains behind a frontal passage.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...None.
NC...None.
WV...None.

&&

DISCUSSION...SH/WP
AVIATION...SH/WP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
232 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-191845-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-
Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-
Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
232 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 496 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and
west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a Marginal Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Sunday afternoon
and evening. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts.

There is a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ015>017-191845-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-
232 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon and
evening. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts, though locally
heavy rain is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a Marginal Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Sunday afternoon
and evening. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts.

There is a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

VAZ007-009>014-018>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-191845-
Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
232 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west
central Virginia and southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon and
evening, and a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall. The main threat
will be damaging wind gusts, though locally heavy rain is also
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a Marginal Risk of Severe Thunderstorms Sunday afternoon
and evening. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts, though
locally heavy rain is also possible.

There is a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
353 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0236 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 S Elkin               36.25N 80.85W
07/18/2026                   Surry              NC   911 Call Center

            Tree down along Ridge Street in Elkin, NC.

&&

JCB

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
404 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

VAZ016-017-032-182030-
Patrick VA-Floyd VA-Carroll VA-
404 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL FLOYD...EAST
CENTRAL CARROLL AND CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

At 403 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Meadows Of Dan, or 7 miles south of Willis, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Woolwine...
Laurel Fork...
Meadows Of Dan...
Mabry Mill...
Rocky Knob Recreation Area...
Rocky Knob Summit...
and Buffalo Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
north central North Carolina...and south central, southwestern and
west central Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 8051 3676 8053 3686 8029 3671 8026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 256DEG 14KT 3674 8047

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DS

Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
425 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0254 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 SW Wylliesburg        36.82N 78.61W
07/18/2026                   Charlotte          VA   911 Call Center

            Tree down with power lines, completely
            blocking Jeb Stuart Highway near Kings
            Crossroads. Time is estimated from radar.

&&

JCB

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
425 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

VAZ047-182100-
Buckingham VA-
425 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 425 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Centenary, or 10 miles west of Fork Union, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
New Canton...
and Centenary.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3766 7824 3758 7853 3768 7865 3769 7864
      3771 7866 3776 7861 3775 7858 3776 7855
      3776 7850 3780 7849 3776 7847 3773 7840
      3773 7836 3772 7834 3769 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 243DEG 18KT 3773 7845

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

CDG

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
429 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

VAZ058-059-182100-
Halifax VA-Charlotte VA-
429 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
CHARLOTTE AND CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 429 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Clover, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Brookneal...
Keysville...
Charlotte Court House...
Redoak...
Clover...
Nathalie...
and Drakes Branch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
north central North Carolina...and central and south central
Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3689 7849 3670 7865 3667 7861 3663 7855
      3664 7858 3669 7865 3668 7870 3666 7870
      3668 7885 3704 7900 3705 7897 3702 7891
      3706 7889 3710 7849 3709 7848 3708 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 252DEG 19KT 3684 7875

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CDG

Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:32 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
432 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 N Elkin               36.29N 80.85W
07/18/2026                   Surry              NC   911 Call Center

            Tree down on N Bridge Street in Elkin, NC,
            blocking both lanes. Time is estimated from
            radar.

&&

JCB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	37 min
Jul 18, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	31 min
Jul 18, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	62 min
Jul 18, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	27 min
Jul 18, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	65 min
Jul 18, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Watauga	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	66 min
Jul 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry	62 min
Jul 18, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	19 min
Jul 18, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	25 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.