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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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894 WUUS51 KLWX 171843 SVRLWX VAC139-165-171-WVC031-171930- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0161.240717T1843Z-240717T1930Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 243 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shenandoah County in northwestern Virginia... North central Rockingham County in western Virginia... Northern Page County in northwestern Virginia... Southern Hardy County in eastern West Virginia... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 243 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Timberville, or 17 miles north of Harrisonburg, moving east at 30 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... Woodstock, Luray, Broadway, Timberville, Mount Jackson, Basye-Bryce Mountain, New Market, Basye, Edinburg, Maurertown, Tunis, Kings Crossing, Shenandoah Caverns, Yankeetown, Alonzaville, Hamburg, Quicksburg, Fairview, Bergton, and Saint Davids Church. 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. && LAT...LON 3860 7893 3876 7898 3902 7847 3866 7836 TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 256DEG 27KT 3869 7886 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Belak