NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0454August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Frederick and Hampshire, VA and WV
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Frederick and Hampshire in Virginia, West Virginia, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 454th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued in 2026. Virginia had 192 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 95 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 40 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
- Frederick and Hampshire
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:50 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0454
- 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... Central Frederick County in northwestern Virginia... Southeastern Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 650 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of Wardensville, or 15 miles southeast of Romney, moving northeast at 15 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... Capon Bridge, Yellow Spring, High View, Delray, Rock Enon Springs, Gore, Capon Springs, Timber Ridge, and Lehew.
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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels