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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
432 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 431 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIND DAMAGE AND MEASURED GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WAS STRENGTHENING OVER
STAFFORD, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 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...
STAFFORD, POTOMAC CREEK, AQUIA CREEK, BROOKE, RAMOTH, ROSEVILLE,
GLENDIE, HARTWOOD, AND ARKENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3840 7762 3847 7757 3846 7728 3840 7729
3838 7729 3838 7728 3834 7729 3834 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 280DEG 24KT 3841 7745
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
DHOF
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