Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:00PM Sunday
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Washington County in north central Maryland... Northeastern Allegany County in western Maryland... Southwestern Stafford County in northern Virginia... Southwestern Loudoun County in northern Virginia... Northeastern Shenandoah County in northwestern Virginia... Frederick County in northwestern Virginia... Orange County in central Virginia... The City of Fredericksburg in central Virginia... Rappahannock County in northwestern Virginia... Central Fauquier County in northern Virginia... Culpeper County in northern Virginia... Central Madison County in northwestern Virginia... Warren County in northwestern Virginia... Western Clarke County in northwestern Virginia... Northeastern Page County in northwestern Virginia... The City of Winchester in northwestern Virginia... Spotsylvania County in central Virginia... West central Jefferson County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Morgan County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia... Northeastern Hardy County in eastern West Virginia... Western Berkeley County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 905 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near La Vale to 6 miles south of Romney to 6 miles north of Basye-Bryce Mountain to near Mount Jackson to 6 miles north of Boswells Tavern, moving east at 35 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... Winchester, Fredericksburg, Cumberland, Culpeper, Front Royal, Warrenton, Strasburg, Woodstock, Orange, Hancock, Paw Paw, Madison, Millwood Pike, Luray, Bealeton, Inwood, Stephens City, Fort Ashby, Berkeley Springs, and Sperryville.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGANY, MD ... WASHINGTON, MD ... CLARKE, VA ... CULPEPER, VA ... FAUQUIER, VA ... FREDERICK, VA ... LOUDOUN, VA ... MADISON, VA ... ORANGE, VA ... PAGE, VA ... RAPPAHANNOCK, VA ... SHENANDOAH, VA ... SPOTSYLVANIA, VA ... STAFFORD, VA ... WARREN, VA ... CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA ... CITY OF WINCHESTER, VA ... BERKELEY, WV ... HAMPSHIRE, WV ... HARDY, WV ... JEFFERSON, WV ... MINERAL, WV ... MORGAN, WV
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Jefferson County HSEM
28 Industrial Blvd
Kearneysville, WV 25430
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-728-3290
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