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WUUS51 KLWX 181901
SVRLWX
VAC137-177-179-630-181945-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0270.260718T1901Z-260718T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
301 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 301 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
SPOTSYLVANIA, OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SOME HAIL DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREDERICKSBURG, MASSAPONAX, SPOTSYLVANIA, FALMOUTH, BROKENBURG,
SNELL, SPRING VALLEY, ALSOP, GATEWOOD, LOGAN, PARTLOW, THORNBURG,
POST OAK, GLENORA, BROOKFIELD, AND LEELAND.
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 3801 7771 3802 7773 3803 7773 3802 7775
3805 7775 3805 7777 3808 7779 3808 7781
3811 7784 3810 7784 3810 7786 3821 7788
3836 7744 3824 7738 3799 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 246DEG 26KT 3816 7779
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
BELAK
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