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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1212 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN FLUVANNA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1211 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR TOWER HILL TO NEAR ASPEN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PROSPECT AND DARLINGTON HEIGHTS AROUND 1220 PM EDT.
HAMPDEN SYDNEY AROUND 1225 PM EDT.
FARMVILLE AND HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE AROUND 1230 PM EDT.
LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY AND GUINEA MILLS AROUND 1235 PM EDT.
FORK UNION AND RICE AROUND 1240 PM EDT.
CUMBERLAND, COLUMBIA, AND LAKESIDE VILLAGE AROUND 1245 PM EDT.
CARTERSVILLE, DUNCAN, AND SUNNYSIDE AROUND 1250 PM EDT.
TOBACCOVILLE AROUND 1255 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE RAINES
TAVERN, TUGGLE, PRINCE EDWARD STATION, ANGOLA, BRIERY, OAK FOREST,
TWIN LAKES STATE PARK, SHORES, CENTRAL PLAINS, AND BREMO BLUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE
NWS WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3734 7860 3740 7859 3733 7851 3734 7846
3762 7826 3769 7824 3774 7842 3778 7848
3784 7830 3771 7809 3767 7810 3762 7797
3720 7801 3710 7829 3711 7836 3708 7845
3715 7855 3714 7858 3716 7862 3722 7869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1611Z 236DEG 48KT 3753 7872 3699 7877
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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