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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 28, 2026Caswell County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2026, 7:24 PM EDT for Caswell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2026, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Caswell County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 28, 6:50 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 7:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
427 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

NCZ018-282100-
Watauga NC-
427 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
WATAUGA COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 427 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rominger, or near Sugar Grove, moving southeast at 25 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...
Boone...
Blowing Rock...
Beech Mountain...
Foscoe...
Sugar Grove...
Blowing Rock In Caldwell County...
and Beech Mountain In Avery County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
northwestern North Carolina...and southwestern Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3633 8185 3620 8148 3619 8146 3618 8148
      3614 8150 3612 8154 3612 8171 3611 8181
      3616 8183 3619 8186 3619 8189 3621 8191
      3623 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 300DEG 21KT 3622 8182

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

AS

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
451 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

NCZ004-005-VAZ032-043-282115-
Stokes NC-Rockingham NC-Henry VA-Patrick VA-
451 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT
NORTHEASTERN STOKES...NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY
AND SOUTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

At 451 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Critz, or near Spencer, moving southeast at 30 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...
Mayodan...
Madison...
Stoneville...
Spencer...
Sandy Ridge...
Ridgeway...
and Critz.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
north central and northwestern North Carolina...and south central,
southwestern and west central Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 8027 3674 8014 3659 7984 3647 7987
      3636 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 303DEG 25KT 3663 8013

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

AS

Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
603 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

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

0324 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Gratton                 37.13N 81.41W
07/28/2026                   Tazewell           VA   911 Call Center

            Several trees down in the Gratton area.

&&

AKB

Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:52 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:09 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:18 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	64 min
Jul 28, 10:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	54 min
Jul 28, 10:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	5 hr
Jul 28, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Wythe	62 min
Jul 28, 12:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax	5 hr
Jul 28, 12:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	53 min
Jul 28, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	35 min
Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, Pulaski, Wythe	60 min
Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany	67 min
Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	23 min
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	56 min
Jul 28, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke	64 min
Jul 28, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	31 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell, Wythe	23 min
Jul 28, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath, Rockbridge	25 min
Jul 28, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Pulaski, City of Radford	25 min
Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski	41 min
Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax	23 min
Jul 28, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more	64 min
Jul 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth	53 min
Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Roanoke	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	24 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	65 min
Jul 28, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	32 min
Jul 28, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	25 min
Jul 28, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	24 min
Jul 28, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	33 min
Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	36 min
Jul 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	49 min
Jul 28, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Rockingham	20 min
Jul 28, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	36 min
Jul 28, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	47 min
Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.