696  
WWUS51 KLWX 161446  
SVSLWX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
1046 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
VAC171-161456-  
/O.CAN.KLWX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260316T1515Z/  
SHENANDOAH VA-  
1046 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY  
IS CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED  
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3894 7768 3890 7767 3883 7765 3870 7771  
3852 7807 3854 7808 3861 7812 3869 7804  
3883 7807 3895 7816 3919 7816  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 270DEG 46KT 3893 7812 3872 7799 3850 7803  
 

 
 
VAC043-047-061-069-107-153-157-187-840-161515-  
/O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260316T1515Z/  
LOUDOUN VA-FREDERICK VA-WARREN VA-CLARKE VA-RAPPAHANNOCK VA-  
FAUQUIER VA-CULPEPER VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-CITY OF WINCHESTER VA-  
1046 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN  
FREDERICK...NORTHEASTERN WARREN...SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE AND EASTERN  
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...FAUQUIER...  
NORTHWESTERN CULPEPER...AND WEST CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES IN  
NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF WINCHESTER...  
 
AT 1046 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LINDEN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HUME TO NEAR CULPEPER,  
MOVING EAST AT 55 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...  
WINCHESTER, WARRENTON, MILLWOOD PIKE, MIDDLEBURG, THE PLAINS,  
DELAPLANE, LINDEN, HUME, GAINESVILLE, NEW BALTIMORE, MARSHALL, BOYCE,  
CASTLETON, WHITE POST, BROKEN HILL, HACKLEYS CROSSROADS, AMISSVILLE,  
JEFFERSONTON, CRESTHILL, AND TURNBULL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3894 7768 3890 7767 3883 7765 3870 7771  
3852 7807 3854 7808 3861 7812 3869 7804  
3883 7807 3895 7816 3919 7816  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 270DEG 46KT 3893 7812 3872 7799 3850 7803  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
GEIGER  
 
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