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WUUS51 KLWX 161455
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1055 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 1055 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 8 MILES EAST OF
ORANGE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
RACCOON FORD, MINE RUN, STEVENSBURG, RHOADESVILLE, PARKER, EVERONA,
VERDIERSVILLE, BURR HILL, LOCUST GROVE, FLAT RUN, GOLD DALE,
THORNHILL, LOGAN, LIGNUM, LAHORE, DUNAVANT, LAKE OF THE WOODS,
RICHARDSVILLE, UNIONVILLE, AND COOKSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3810 7786 3811 7786 3811 7790 3812 7791
3812 7798 3814 7801 3814 7807 3835 7797
3841 7795 3855 7778 3839 7764 3823 7763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 228DEG 37KT 3841 7789 3828 7796 3810 7806
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
GEIGER
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