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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1224 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* AT 1224 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LINTON HALL, OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST
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...
CENTREVILLE, LINTON HALL, CHANTILLY, BULL RUN, MANASSAS, SUDLEY,
MANASSAS PARK, FAIRFAX STATION, NOKESVILLE, CATLETT, CLIFTON,
CALVERTON, AND ADEN.
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
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3858 7766 3869 7770 3890 7740 3873 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 233DEG 48KT 3865 7762
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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