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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 6, 2026Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 8:02 PM EDT for Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2026, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Surry County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 2309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 7:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

1) Unsettled weather will persist through the rest of this week and into upcoming weekend. Risk for excessive rainfall is marginal. Greatest chance for rainfall will be over the mountains and adjacent foothills. Lower chance for piedmont.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
749 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Weather pattern supports daily chance for showers and
thunderstorms with greatest coverage over the mountains and
adjacent foothills.

00Z Aviation is updated.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Unsettled weather will persist through the rest of this week
and into upcoming weekend. Risk for excessive rainfall is
marginal. Greatest chance for rainfall will be over the
mountains and adjacent foothills. Lower chance for piedmont.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Unsettled weather will persist through the rest
of this week and into upcoming weekend. Risk for excessive
rainfall is marginal. Greatest chance for rainfall will be over
the mountains and adjacent foothills. Lower chance for piedmont.

Large scale flow aloft features a subtropical Atlantic Ridge,
a.k.a. Bermuda High off the southeast Atlantic Coast and a broad
upper level trough over the north central CONUS. This
configuration will maintain a south to southwesterly fetch of
deep layer moisture advecting northward into the central
Appalachians through the upcoming weekend and quite possibly all
of next week. With no sign of any main feature or wave
traversing across the area, the forcing mechanism for convection
will largely be daytime heating and orographic lift keeping the
greatest chances across the mountains and adjacent foothills
each day. High PWATs in the 1.5 to 2.0 inch range will support
hydrometeor loading within showers and storms to be efficient
rain producers and allow for isolated flash flooding potential
as well. See the hydrology section below for more details.

The upper trough to our northwest will occasionally steer a
short wave across the Ohio Valley, of which may have downstream
implications for a round of stronger, potentially somewhat more
organized storms. Trying to pick this out of the noise is a
timing and placement challenge however with predictability too
low to highlight with any confidence. In general using a wide
paint brush to highlight the pops the next several days, with
greatest confidence across the mountains where orographic lift
and differential heating will have best chance to provide low
level lift. As for temperatures, will be going with persistence
with highs mainly in the 80s...basically near the seasonal
normal for highs and 3 to 5 degrees above normal for the
overnight lows, the elevated dewpoints acting as a floor for
overnight lows.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Scattered thundershowers this evening with greatest coverage
over the mountains. Storms will begin to diminish after 01Z/09P.
Some overnight valley fog possible again, especially in
locations that receive rain this afternoon.

Light south/southwest winds tonight then 10 knots of less
Friday.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...

Forecast persistence through the end of the week and weekend
with moist unstable airmass contributing to daily threat of
showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours. Overnight fog development also expected with
greatest concentration within the mountain valleys.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
There is a marginal risk for excessive rainfall the next
several days. Repeated chances of showers and thunderstorms
amidst a moist air mass will persist the remainder of this week.
Not a lot of confidence in the details for any particular
location.

PWAT values expected to remain in the 1.50" to 2.00" range.
High ambient moisture will produce very efficient rainfall rates
which could exceed 2-3 inches per hour. Urban areas and along
mountainous terrain will be particularly susceptible to flash
flooding.

Antecedent soil conditions are gradually turning wetter across
the area, but there are still considerable rainfall deficits
across the Piedmont.

&&

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

&&

DISCUSSION...BMG/RCS
AVIATION...RCS
HYDROLOGY...PM

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:31 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>044-507-508-071845-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-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-Pittsylvania-Campbell-
Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-
Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
231 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

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.

Afternoon and evening thunderstorms could produce localized flash
flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Daily afternoon and evening thunderstorm chances will persist into
next week. Main threat from storms will be heavy rainfall, which
could result in localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
301 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

VAZ024-035-061945-
Amherst VA-Rockbridge VA-
301 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ROCKBRIDGE AND
NORTHWESTERN AMHERST COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA THROUGH
345 PM EDT...

At 301 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Buena Vista, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Buena Vista...
Glasgow...
Forks Of Buffalo...
Cornwall...
Pleasant View...
Lowesville...
and Alto.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 7919 3789 7915 3786 7914 3784 7916
      3782 7916 3781 7917 3781 7914 3778 7911
      3779 7909 3778 7907 3773 7907 3771 7905
      3757 7932 3766 7946 3793 7920
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 225DEG 17KT 3767 7933

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
353 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

VAZ034-035-062030-
Amherst VA-Bedford VA-
353 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND WEST
CENTRAL AMHERST COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

At 353 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sedalia, or 7 miles west of Big Island, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Big Island...
Sedalia...
Naola...
Coleman Falls...
Snowden...
and Elon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3752 7919 3740 7952 3745 7958 3747 7958
      3750 7956 3749 7954 3755 7948 3755 7947
      3757 7943 3758 7945 3760 7946 3761 7945
      3763 7940 3764 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 229DEG 14KT 3749 7949

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
356 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

VAZ014-017-022-033-062015-
Franklin VA-Floyd VA-Montgomery VA-Roanoke VA-
356 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ROANOKE...NORTHEASTERN
FLOYD...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

At 356 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Copper Hill, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salem...
Boones Mill...
Copper Hill...
Shawsville...
Bent Mountain...
Terrys Fork...
and Check.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 8022 3707 8034 3730 8014 3715 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 230DEG 11KT 3708 8018

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
735 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

WVZ044-507-070000-
Eastern Greenbrier WV-Monroe WV-
735 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL GREENBRIER AND
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

At 735 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wolfcreek, or near Alderson, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lewisburg...
White Sulphur Springs...
Ronceverte...
Alderson...
Union...
Asbury...
and Pickaway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8058 3763 8071 3788 8055 3774 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 216DEG 13KT 3767 8057

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:38 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
738 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

VAZ016-070015-
Carroll VA-
738 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM
EDT...

At 738 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fancy Gap, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hillsville...
Fancy Gap...
Cana...
Dugspur...
Laurel Fork...
Lambsburg...
and Gladesboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3661 8089 3663 8090 3687 8076 3684 8056
      3673 8048 3672 8048 3666 8057 3666 8059
      3662 8062 3656 8069 3656 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 216DEG 13KT 3665 8075

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 8:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
802 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

NCZ003-019-070030-
Surry NC-Wilkes NC-
802 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN SURRY AND NORTHEASTERN
WILKES COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

At 802 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Benham, or near Traphill, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bottom...
Mountain Park...
Traphill...
Pine Ridge...
State Road...
Low Gap...
and Benham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3632 8105 3637 8101 3638 8098 3639 8098
      3641 8096 3643 8096 3656 8086 3656 8061
      3626 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 219DEG 16KT 3635 8094

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 8:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll	6 hr
Aug 6, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	38 min
Aug 6, 10:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	3 hr
Aug 6, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	23 min
Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Radford	25 min
Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	50 min
Aug 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke, City of Salem	44 min
Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	51 min
Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll	3 hr
Aug 7, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	37 min
Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	35 min
Aug 7, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	3 hr
Aug 7, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	25 min
Aug 7, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	3 hr
Aug 7, 1:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	4 hr
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	41 min
Aug 6, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	26 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	26 min
Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	3 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.