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WUUS51 KLWX 181847
SVRLWX
VAC059-061-107-153-683-685-181930-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0267.260718T1847Z-260718T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
247 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 246 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
BEALETON, OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
CENTREVILLE, DALE CITY, LAKE RIDGE, LINTON HALL, BULL RUN,
MANASSAS, SUDLEY, MANASSAS PARK, FAIRFAX STATION, GAINESVILLE,
INDEPENDENT HILL, NOKESVILLE, CATLETT, CLIFTON, CALVERTON, MIDLAND,
ADEN, AND BRISTERSBURG.
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 3854 7758 3861 7772 3886 7754 3874 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 226DEG 23KT 3862 7761
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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