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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 9, 20266 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2026, 3:27 PM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2026, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2026, 4:09 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 9, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
140 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ005-006-VAZ007-010-011-013-014-018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-
058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508-101745-
Rockingham-Caswell-Tazewell-Bland-Giles-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Franklin-Bedford-
Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-
Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
140 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

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

There is a risk of severe weather on Tuesday due to the hazard of
damaging wind gusts. In addition, heavy rainfall rates may accompany
showers and lead to localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed on Tuesday.

NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ009-012-015>017-032-101745-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Smyth-Wythe-
Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick-
140 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 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 Marginal Risk of Severe Weather today due to damaging
wind gusts. In addition, heavy rainfall rates may accompany showers
and lead to localized flash flooding.

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

There is a risk of severe weather on Tuesday due to the hazard of
damaging wind gusts. In addition, heavy rainfall rates may accompany
showers and lead to localized 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 12:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 12 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
Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	30 min
Aug 9, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	35 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	37 min
Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	32 min
Aug 9, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford	28 min
Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	36 min
Aug 9, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	37 min
Aug 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	47 min
Aug 9, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	38 min
Aug 9, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland	37 min
Aug 9, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	32 min
Aug 9, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	31 min
Aug 9, 5:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland	6 hr
Aug 9, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	27 min
Aug 9, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	38 min
Aug 9, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	26 min
Aug 9, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	24 min
Aug 9, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	29 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	29 min
Aug 9, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	30 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	32 min

Nearby

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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.