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WUUS51 KLWX 122149
SVRLWX
VAC091-WVC071-122230-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0367.200812T2149Z-200812T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
549 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HIGHLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 549 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEREY,
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
MONTEREY, MCDOWELL, DOE HILL, HEAD WATERS, POSSUM TROT, SIRONS MILL
AND NEW HAMPDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3829 7941 3831 7962 3850 7963 3848 7937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 186DEG 9KT 3837 7952
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
BKF
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