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WWUS51 KLWX 161618
SVSLWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1218 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
VAC047-061-137-153-177-179-161645-
/O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-260316T1645Z/
STAFFORD VA-ORANGE VA-FAUQUIER VA-CULPEPER VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-
SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
1218 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD...EASTERN ORANGE...SOUTHEASTERN FAUQUIER...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER...SOUTH CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM AND NORTHWESTERN
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES...
AT 1218 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BEALETON TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPOTSYLVANIA TO
11 MILES EAST OF ORANGE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
MIDLAND, MINE RUN, VERDIERSVILLE, LOCUST GROVE, FLAT RUN, THORNHILL,
HEFLIN, DUNAVANT, LAKE OF THE WOODS, MORRISVILLE, RUBY, SOMERVILLE,
COOKSTOWN, GOLDVEIN, RHOADESVILLE, PARKER, LOIS, BURR HILL, GOLD
DALE, AND LOGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
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 3839 7755 3836 7759 3811 7789 3811 7790
3812 7791 3812 7798 3814 7801 3814 7804
3824 7794 3836 7792 3855 7779 3864 7753
3854 7748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 232DEG 38KT 3857 7771 3837 7774 3822 7790
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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