Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
287 WUUS51 KLWX 181715 SVRLWX VAC165-660-181800- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0238.240818T1715Z-240818T1800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 115 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Rockingham County in western Virginia... The City of Harrisonburg in western Virginia... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 114 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dale Enterprise, or near Harrisonburg, moving east 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... Harrisonburg, Bridgewater, Massanutten, Dale Enterprise, Dayton, Mount Crawford, Penn Laird, Pleasant Valley, Lacey Spring, Linville, Montezuma, Clover Hill, Keezletown, Mcgaheysville, Hinton, and Montevideo. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3852 7904 3855 7874 3842 7868 3830 7875 3834 7897 3838 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 270DEG 9KT 3843 7893 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ EST