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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
958 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.
* AT 957 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
FREE UNION, OR 16 MILES NORTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 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...
CULPEPER, MADISON, MASSANUTTEN, STANARDSVILLE, SPERRYVILLE, FREE
UNION, BIG MEADOWS, ELKTON, RUCKERSVILLE, BRIGHTWOOD, ROCKY BAR,
OAKPARK, HAYWOOD, SYRIA, CARDOVA, REVA, AMICUS, LEON,
MCGAHEYSVILLE, AND HOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3811 7860 3838 7875 3869 7826 3847 7795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 229DEG 50KT 3826 7857
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
GEIGER
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