Virginia Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe | Effective 06/12/2026 14:37

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 12 at 5:37PM EDT until June 12 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 12, 2026 - 2:37pm
Expires: 
June 12, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Nelson County in central Virginia... Southern Rockingham County in western Virginia... West central Albemarle County in central Virginia... The City of Staunton in western Virginia... Augusta County in western Virginia... The City of Waynesboro in western Virginia... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 537 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Brownsburg to Stuarts Draft, moving east at 20 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... Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Crozet, Crimora, Sherando, Wintergreen, Montebello, Afton, Fishersville, Verona, Weyers Cave, Lyndhurst, Nellysford, Craigsville, Greenville, New Hope, Mount Sidney, Augusta Springs, and Middlebrook.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Albemarle, VA; Augusta, VA; Nelson, VA; Rockingham, VA; City of Staunton, VA; City of Waynesboro, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC