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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1206 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* AT 1205 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEALETON TO 13 MILES EAST OF
ORANGE TO 8 MILES NORTH 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...
REMINGTON, MINE RUN, ELKWOOD, STEVENSBURG, VERDIERSVILLE, LOCUST
GROVE, FLAT RUN, THORNHILL, HEFLIN, DUNAVANT, LAKE OF THE WOODS,
MORRISVILLE, RUBY, SOMERVILLE, COOKSTOWN, GOLDVEIN, RHOADESVILLE,
PARKER, LOIS, AND BURR HILL.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3811 7784 3810 7784 3811 7789 3811 7790
3812 7791 3812 7798 3814 7801 3814 7804
3824 7794 3851 7789 3864 7753 3854 7748
3836 7757 3808 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 231DEG 35KT 3849 7784 3829 7787 3814 7803
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
KEG
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