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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
543 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* AT 543 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WINCHESTER,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
WINCHESTER, MILLWOOD PIKE, BERRYVILLE, STEPHENS CITY, MIDDLEWAY,
BRUCETOWN, GREENWOOD, GAYLORD, CLEAR BROOK, STEPHENSON, WADESVILLE,
SUMMIT POINT, ALBIN, AND STRINGTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3909 7824 3919 7829 3933 7800 3917 7789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 240DEG 21KT 3920 7814
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
AVS
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