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Blacksburg, VA – Drivers along the Interstate 81 corridor could face sudden severe storms by Wednesday evening as a powerful cold front pushes toward Southwest Virginia, bringing wind gusts over 60 mph capable of snapping tree limbs and knocking out power.
According to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, a Level 2 severe storm risk stretches northwest of I-81 into parts of southern West Virginia, including areas near Bluefield and Lewisburg. Much of Southwest Virginia, including Roanoke, Wytheville, and Lynchburg, sits in a Level 1 risk zone. Storms developing ahead of the front could produce damaging wind gusts exceeding 60 mph, hail up to 1 inch in diameter, and isolated tornadoes…