NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0479September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Augusta and Rockingham, VA
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Augusta and Rockingham in Virginia, which was in force until 7:15 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 479th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued in 2026. Virginia had 118 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 34 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 26 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Area
- Augusta and Rockingham
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:49 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0479
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008Every warning type in Virginia
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The notice as issued
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Rockingham County in western Virginia... Northeastern Augusta County in western Virginia... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 649 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bridgewater, or 10 miles southwest of Harrisonburg, 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... Grottoes, Weyers Cave, Mount Sidney, Mount Crawford, and Staunton Airport.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008638 a year
- Every warning type in Virginia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels