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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...
EASTERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MARYLAND
A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
* HAZARDS...
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS, SOME HURRICANE FORCE
A FEW TORNADOES, A COUPLE STRONG
* SUMMARY...
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL YIELD
POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES.
PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO,
WEATHER.GOV, OR OTHER MEDIA FOR WATCHES AND WARNINGS. A WATCH
MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA, MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY, IDEALLY IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
..THOMPSON.. 03/16/2026
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