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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
456 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
* AT 456 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAKLAND TO NEAR LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS TO 7 MILES
NORTH OF THOMAS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ROWLESBURG, MOVING EAST AT 45
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...
PETERSBURG, BAYARD, GORMAN, MAYSVILLE, ARTHUR, BEECHWOOD,
HARTMANSVILLE, EMORYVILLE, WILSON, MARTIN, SCHERR, SEYMOURVILLE,
LAHMANSVILLE, STREBY, MEDLEY, KLINE GAP, WILSONIA, WILLIAMSPORT,
MOUNT PISGAH, AND MOUNT STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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.
LAT...LON 3930 7933 3930 7930 3939 7926 3928 7894
3923 7899 3915 7904 3912 7904 3907 7908
3902 7908 3899 7912 3910 7935 3916 7932
3919 7929 3921 7931 3921 7934 3919 7940
3919 7944 3918 7947 3921 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 292DEG 38KT 3943 7946 3934 7945 3926 7954 3925
7964
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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