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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
745 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  EASTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.

* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM COLLIERSTOWN TO NATURAL BRIDGE TO SPRINGWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM COLLIERSTOWN TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF COLLIERSTOWN TO
  BUCHANAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGWOOD...
  NATURAL BRIDGE...
  BUENA VISTA CITY...
  GLASGOW...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LARGE HAIL AND...OR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD!

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 7942 3773 7931 3765 7936 3761 7943
      3761 7940 3758 7941 3748 7958 3743 7956
      3745 7958 3745 7963 3748 7966 3747 7970
      3759 7979 3780 7957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 320DEG 12KT 3772 7954 3764 7960
          3757 7971

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