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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 2, 2026Greenbrier County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 65 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
Aug 2, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.1

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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 Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
251 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-WVZ042>044-507-
508-031900-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-
Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-
Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
251 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

   Flood Watch.

Thunderstorms this evening may also contain localized damaging wind
gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms developing each afternoon and evening through
Wednesday will be capable of producing frequent lightning, localized
damaging wind gusts, and pockets of heavy rain that may result in
flash flooding.

.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.

NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-031900-
Rockingham-Caswell-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-
Halifax-Charlotte-
251 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Thunderstorms developing this evening will be capable of producing
frequent lightning, localized damaging wind gusts, and pockets of
heavy rain that may result in flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms developing each afternoon and evening through
Wednesday will be capable of producing frequent lightning, localized
damaging wind gusts, and pockets of heavy rain that may result in
flash flooding.

.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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPatrick8 hr
Aug 1, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick6 hr
Aug 1, 11:26 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRNKPatrick6 hr
Aug 1, 11:54 PM EDTFlood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 23 more26 hr
Aug 2, 4:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Patrick9 hr
Aug 2, 4:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKPatrick9 hr
Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSmyth50 min
Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKPatrick22 hr
Aug 2, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKTazewell34 min
Aug 1, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes26 min
Aug 1, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKAshe, Watauga, Wilkes4 hr
Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatRNKSurry7 hr
Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe30 min
Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKGreenbrier45 min
Aug 2, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKGreenbrier, Mercer, Summers51 min
Aug 2, 7:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKGreenbrier, Summers3 hr
Aug 2, 7:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKMercer, Summers3 hr
Aug 2, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGreenbrier, Summers4 hr

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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.