Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
977 WUUS51 KLWX 270009 SVRLWX VAC003-047-079-113-137-157-165-540-270115- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0053.240527T0009Z-240527T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 809 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Madison County in northwestern Virginia... The City of Charlottesville in central Virginia... Southwestern Orange County in central Virginia... Southeastern Rockingham County in western Virginia... Central Albemarle County in central Virginia... Southern Rappahannock County in northwestern Virginia... Greene County in central Virginia... Southwestern Culpeper County in northern Virginia... * Until 915 PM EDT. * At 809 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crozet, or 10 miles southeast of Waynesboro, moving northeast at 55 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... Charlottesville, Orange, Madison, Stanardsville, Free Union, Campbell, Westmoreland, Hollymead, Gordonsville, Ruckersville, Brightwood, Ivy, Eheart, Oakpark, Barboursville, Haywood, Stony Point, Montpelier Station, Syria, and Madison Mills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3825 7866 3857 7827 3845 7815 3821 7798 3814 7807 3815 7810 3814 7812 3813 7818 3813 7821 3806 7826 3782 7848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 234DEG 47KT 3799 7874 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Geiger