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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
216 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 216 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF
STAR TANNERY, OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINCHESTER, MOVING EAST 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...
WINCHESTER, MILLWOOD PIKE, CAPON BRIDGE, BRUCETOWN, HIGH VIEW,
GREENWOOD, HIGH VIEW MANOR, GAINESBORO, CEDAR GROVE, CLEAR BROOK,
STEPHENSON, WADESVILLE, CROSS JUNCTION, CEDAR HILL, ROCK ENON
SPRINGS, ALBIN, GORE, TIMBER RIDGE, LEHEW, AND WHITACRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3930 7809 3926 7803 3924 7804 3920 7807
3918 7807 3916 7809 3913 7809 3912 7811
3910 7811 3909 7813 3922 7852 3935 7847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 282DEG 16KT 3927 7842
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DHOF
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