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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
257 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
CENTRAL LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 257 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OATLANDS, OR
NEAR BROADLANDS, MOVING EAST 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...
LEESBURG, BROADLANDS, LANSDOWNE, ASHBURN, STERLING, COUNTRYSIDE,
OATLANDS, BELMONT, AND GLEEDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3902 7739 3899 7768 3907 7770 3912 7744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 260DEG 28KT 3903 7764
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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