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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 28, 2026Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 28, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 41 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
Jun 28, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Martinsville	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
Jun 28, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	25 min
Jun 28, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

Sources

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