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WUUS51 KLWX 181824
SVRLWX
VAC003-079-113-137-540-181900-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0263.260718T1824Z-260718T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
224 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 223 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHARLOTTESVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, ORANGE, WESTMORELAND, HOLLYMEAD, GORDONSVILLE,
RUCKERSVILLE, IVY, EHEART, BARBOURSVILLE, STONY POINT, FLORDON,
MONTPELIER STATION, NEWTOWN, MONTFORD, OLD SOMERSET, SCOTT STADIUM,
SOMERSET, COBHAM, CISMONT, AND NEWCOMB HALL.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3806 7862 3838 7822 3814 7804 3814 7807
3815 7809 3815 7810 3814 7812 3814 7816
3813 7818 3813 7821 3805 7827 3798 7854
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 240DEG 43KT 3811 7846
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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