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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
600 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 559 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER INWOOD, OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
MARTINSBURG, INWOOD, WINEBRENNERS CROSS, GLENGARY, SHANGHAI,
GERRARDSTOWN, ARDEN, VANVILLE, MARTINSBURG AIRPORT, AND BUNKER
HILL.
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 3929 7813 3940 7820 3953 7800 3940 7786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 240DEG 18KT 3938 7810
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
AVS
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