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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
616 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 616 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARDENSVILLE TO NEAR STAR
TANNERY, 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...
WINCHESTER, FRONT ROYAL, STRASBURG, MILLWOOD PIKE, STEPHENS CITY,
STAR TANNERY, MIDDLETOWN, BOYCE, GRAVEL SPRINGS, HIGH VIEW, WHITE
POST, GREENWOOD, HIGH VIEW MANOR, WILDE ACRES, RIVERTON, RELIANCE,
ARMEL, ROCK ENON SPRINGS, NINEVEH, AND FISHERS HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3918 7800 3891 7817 3902 7855 3909 7851
3911 7848 3911 7846 3913 7844 3915 7843
3916 7841 3920 7844 3924 7840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 285DEG 35KT 3920 7844 3910 7849
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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