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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009>015-018>020-WVZ042>045-241000-
ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
545 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY
BEFORE SUNSET. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. IN
ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
GREENBRIER...SUMMERS...MERCER...TAZEWELL...SMYTH...GRAYSON...ASHE...AND
WATAUGA COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER DURING THIS TIME FRAME APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIAPTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

NCZ002>006-019-020-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-241000-
ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-CARROLL-
FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
545 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY
BEFORE SUNSET. DAMAGING WIND AND QUARTER-SIZE HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY.

$$

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