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Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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777 WWUS51 KLWX 171956 SVSLWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 356 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 VAC003-015-125-790-820-172015- /O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-240717T2015Z/ Nelson VA-Albemarle VA-Augusta VA-City of Staunton VA- City of Waynesboro VA- 356 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN NELSON...WEST CENTRAL ALBEMARLE...AND SOUTHEASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTIES...THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF STAUNTON AND THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO... At 356 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Crozet to near Shipman, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Public. 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... Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Crozet, Sherando, Wintergreen, Montebello, Afton, Fishersville, Lyndhurst, Nellysford, Ivy, Bryant, Greenwood, Batesville, Yancey Mills, Tyro, Greenfield, Jonesboro, Afton Mountain, and Massies Mill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3773 7907 3777 7907 3779 7909 3779 7911 3781 7914 3781 7917 3786 7914 3789 7915 3791 7918 3816 7901 3807 7857 3771 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 270DEG 57KT 3796 7863 3772 7890 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ AVS