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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
216 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
KING GEORGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 216 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POTOMAC
CREEK, 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...
WALDORF, FORT WASHINGTON, LA PLATA, KING GEORGE, DAHLGREN, FAIRVIEW
BEACH, NANJEMOY CREEK, POPES CREEK, AQUIA CREEK, POTOMAC CREEK,
PORT TOBACCO RIVER, SAINT CHARLES, WICOMICO, ACCOKEEK, BRYANS ROAD,
BRANDYWINE, HUGHESVILLE, MASON NECK, PASSAPATANZY, AND POTOMAC
HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
** WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MARYLAND...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3820 7722 3819 7725 3825 7723 3825 7727
3822 7729 3825 7734 3824 7738 3850 7730
3868 7711 3873 7700 3856 7679 3828 7692
3843 7702 3843 7706 3841 7707 3841 7702
3827 7698 3826 7705 3814 7708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 240DEG 39KT 3841 7725
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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