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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
558 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 558 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POTOMAC, OR
NEAR ROCKVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
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...
ARLINGTON, GERMANTOWN, ROCKVILLE, BETHESDA, GAITHERSBURG, RESTON,
OLNEY, FALLS CHURCH, LOWES ISLAND, PIMMIT HILLS, MCLEAN, AMERICAN
LEGION BRIDGE, ASPEN HILL, POTOMAC, NORTH BETHESDA, STERLING, NORTH
POTOMAC, TYSONS CORNER, REDLAND, AND WOLF TRAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3915 7702 3900 7703 3889 7717 3901 7741
3904 7743 3907 7742 3912 7737 3914 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 271DEG 11KT 3906 7720
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DHOF
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