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WUUS51 KLWX 201924
SVRLWX
VAC043-069-187-202000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0057.260520T1924Z-260520T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
324 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 323 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEPHENS
CITY, OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MILLWOOD PIKE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
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...
BERRYVILLE, BOYCE, MILLWOOD, WHITE POST, HOWELLSVILLE, NINEVEH,
ARMEL, BETHEL, AND BRIGGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
DAMAGING WINDS 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 3894 7809 3901 7824 3915 7813 3918 7796
3911 7786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 223DEG 35KT 3905 7812
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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