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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1249 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT.
* AT 1249 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPOTSYLVANIA, OR 16 MILES WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG,
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...
STAFFORD, FREDERICKSBURG, FALMOUTH, MINE RUN, ROSEVILLE,
VERDIERSVILLE, GARRISONVILLE, LOCUST GROVE, FLAT RUN, RAMOTH,
HEFLIN, DUNAVANT, LAKE OF THE WOODS, RUBY, COOKSTOWN, GOLDVEIN,
WIDEWATER, RHOADESVILLE, PARKER, 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.
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. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
MARYLAND...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3812 7792 3831 7794 3856 7754 3856 7753
3859 7749 3859 7748 3858 7746 3858 7745
3852 7737 3852 7734 3850 7732 3851 7730
3847 7722 3844 7727 3849 7728 3844 7728
3811 7791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 233DEG 48KT 3829 7779
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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