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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
552 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF STAUNTON IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 552 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STAUNTON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STUARTS DRAFT
TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNSBURG TO NEAR BELLS VALLEY, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO, STUARTS DRAFT, CROZET, SHERANDO, WINTERGREEN,
AFTON, FISHERSVILLE, VERONA, LYNDHURST, NELLYSFORD, GREENVILLE,
MIDDLEBROOK, CHURCHVILLE, GREENWOOD, HERMITAGE, MINT SPRING, YANCEY
MILLS, GREENFIELD, AND SUMMERDEAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3788 7915 3789 7915 3791 7918 3797 7929
3804 7939 3812 7921 3824 7917 3807 7869
3787 7884 3781 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 296DEG 28KT 3821 7913 3809 7913 3802 7923 3802
7935
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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