Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:15PM Sunday
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Garrett County in western Maryland... Western Allegany County in western Maryland... Shenandoah County in northwestern Virginia... Southwestern Rappahannock County in northwestern Virginia... Northwestern Madison County in northwestern Virginia... Northeastern Rockingham County in western Virginia... Page County in northwestern Virginia... Northwestern Greene County in central Virginia... Eastern Grant County in eastern West Virginia... Mineral County in eastern West Virginia... East central Pendleton County in eastern West Virginia... Hardy County in eastern West Virginia... Western Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 817 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Friendsville to near Deer Park to 6 miles west of Rough Run to near Brandywine to 13 miles west of Dale Enterprise, moving northeast at 35 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... Cumberland, Frostburg, Keyser, Woodstock, Moorefield, Petersburg, Westernport, Romney, Bel Air, Bittinger, Rough Run, Luray, La Vale, Timberville, Shenandoah, Mount Jackson, Stanley, Fort Ashby, Lonaconing, and Piedmont.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGANY, MD ... GARRETT, MD ... GREENE, VA ... MADISON, VA ... PAGE, VA ... RAPPAHANNOCK, VA ... ROCKINGHAM, VA ... SHENANDOAH, VA ... GRANT, WV ... HAMPSHIRE, WV ... HARDY, WV ... MINERAL, WV ... PENDLETON, WV
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Grant County Emergency Management & 911
155 Technology Ln
Petersburg, WV 26847
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-257-2140
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning