NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0496September 3, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and 2 more, VA
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and 2 more in Virginia, which was in force until 11:45 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 496th 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 36 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
- Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and 2 more
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:09 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0496
- 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 Loudoun County in northern Virginia... West central Fairfax County in northern Virginia... The City of Manassas Park in northern Virginia... Northwestern Prince William County in northern Virginia... The northern City of Manassas in northern Virginia... * Until 1145 PM EDT. * At 1108 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Haymarket, or 7 miles southwest of South Riding, moving east at 30 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... Centreville, South Riding, Linton Hall, Chantilly, Bull Run, Haymarket, Manassas, Sudley, Manassas Park, Gainesville, Catharpin, and Woolsey.
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