Virginia Beach, Virginia

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Area(s): Culpeper, VA; Fauquier, VA
Effective: 2026-08-08 @ 2:06 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:45 pm
Onset: 2026-08-08 @ 2:06 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:45 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC on 2026-08-08 @ 2:06 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 3:06PM EDT until August 8 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Description: SVRLWX

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Fauquier County in northern Virginia...
North central Culpeper County in northern Virginia...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 306 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
Culpeper, moving east at 10 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...
Jeffersonton, Turnbull, and Rixeyville.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Area(s): Frederick, VA; City of Winchester, VA
Effective: 2026-08-08 @ 2:05 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:15 pm
Onset: 2026-08-08 @ 2:05 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:15 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC on 2026-08-08 @ 2:05 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 3:05PM EDT until August 8 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Description: The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Sterling Virginia.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Area(s): Culpeper, VA; Madison, VA; Rappahannock, VA
Effective: 2026-08-08 @ 2:02 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:30 pm
Onset: 2026-08-08 @ 2:02 pm -> 2026-08-08 @ 2:30 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC on 2026-08-08 @ 2:02 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 3:02PM EDT until August 8 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Description: At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sperryville, or
14 miles north of Madison, moving east at 25 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...
Sperryville, Castleton, Five Forks, Rock Mills, Slate Mills, Reva,
Etlan, Nethers, Woodville, Skyland, and Boston.