Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
282 WWUS51 KLWX 042156 SVSLWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 556 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 VAC015-165-660-042215- /O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-240704T2215Z/ Rockingham VA-Augusta VA-City of Harrisonburg VA- 556 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM...AND NORTHEASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF HARRISONBURG... At 555 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bridgewater, or 7 miles southwest of Harrisonburg, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 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, Grottoes, Dale Enterprise, Weyers Cave, Dayton, Mount Sidney, Mount Crawford, Penn Laird, Pleasant Valley, Rawley Springs, Montezuma, Clover Hill, Mount Solon, Sangerville, Keezletown, Hinton, and Staunton Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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 3842 7925 3851 7915 3849 7875 3821 7886 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 302DEG 14KT 3839 7900 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Manning