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WUUS51 KLWX 172053
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
453 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
* AT 453 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MASSANUTTEN,
OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISONBURG, AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
TO FALL. THIS COULD INJURE THOSE OUTDOORS, AS WELL AS
DAMAGE HOMES AND VEHICLES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY
DOWNED TREES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MASSANUTTEN, ROCKY BAR, SWIFT RUN, MCGAHEYSVILLE, AND MONTEVIDEO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3836 7879 3842 7868 3836 7854 3835 7856
3834 7855 3833 7859 3830 7862 3829 7864
3829 7865 3828 7866 3827 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 307DEG 4KT 3837 7866
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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