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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
548 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
NORTH CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 548 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIDGELEY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT ASHBY TO
NEAR ROMNEY, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
ROMNEY, PAW PAW, GREENWOOD, SPRINGFIELD, CAPON BRIDGE, GREEN
SPRING, OLDTOWN, SHANKS, HIGH VIEW, FISHERS BRIDGE, OAKLAND, ROCK
GAP, BLOOMERY, POINTS, CROSS JUNCTION, UNGER, GORE, AUGUSTA, OMPS,
AND THREE CHURCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3955 7816 3949 7819 3944 7820 3940 7823
3938 7822 3918 7831 3930 7880 3939 7873
3951 7866 3953 7867 3953 7866 3954 7867
3959 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 285DEG 35KT 3959 7870 3955 7865 3938 7866 3931
7869
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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