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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1057 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 1057 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR INWOOD TO BERRYVILLE TO NEAR BLUEMONT TO NEAR
WARRENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 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...
GERMANTOWN, FREDERICK, GAITHERSBURG, LEESBURG, HAGERSTOWN, SOUTH
RIDING, HERNDON, BROADLANDS, LANSDOWNE, LOWES ISLAND, BRAMBLETON,
WARRENTON, THURMONT, CHARLES TOWN, POOLESVILLE, SHEPHERDSTOWN,
MUNICIPAL STADIUM, HARRY GROVE STADIUM, DULLES INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, AND ASHBURN.
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.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY, IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3962 7732 3915 7721 3905 7731 3905 7734
3883 7754 3866 7786 3897 7792 3906 7805
3928 7808 3972 7769 3972 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 214DEG 47KT 3928 7801 3915 7799 3904 7785 3875
7785
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
KJP
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