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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 6:54 PM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Rappahannock County in northwestern Virginia... West central Fauquier County in northern Virginia... North central Culpeper County in northern Virginia... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 254 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Hume to near Warrenton, moving southeast at 20 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... Opal, Flint Hill, Turnbull, Rock Mills, Viewtown, Hackleys Crossroads, Amissville, Jeffersonton, Cresthill, and Orlean. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 6:43 PM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ARLINGTON CLARKE CULPEPER FAIRFAX FAUQUIER FREDERICK GREENE KING GEORGE LOUDOUN MADISON ORANGE PAGE PRINCE WILLIAM RAPPAHANNOCK SHENANDOAH SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD WARREN VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE ALEXANDRIA FAIRFAX FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG MANASSAS MANASSAS PARK WINCHESTER
Heat Advisory
Issued: 7:21 AM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Heat index values up to 109 expected. * WHERE...Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania, Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. &&
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