Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall through This Weekend

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms are ongoing and expected from the central and southern High Plains to the Southeast U.S. through Sunday. Large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes will be possible. Thunderstorms may also bring areas of excessive rainfall which could bring flooding to parts of the aforementioned areas through Sunday. Read More >

Wise RAWS site information

This U.S. Forest Service site is located at the Clinch Ranger District office in Wise, which is directly across VA highway 646 from the University of Virginia at Wise. The site is located on a knoll behind the office, and is at an elevation of 2530 feet MSL with mountains surrounding the general area. The highest mountains are Pickem Mountain (3300 feet MSL) around four miles to the southwest and High Knob (4162 feet MSL) around six miles to the southwest. The site is about 250 feet east of Bear Creek, and around two miles north of Guest River. The Powell River is located around two miles to the west.

Topographical map of the Wise RAWS site.