NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0447August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Rockingham and City of Harrisonburg, VA
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rockingham and City of Harrisonburg in Virginia, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 447th 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 41 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
- Rockingham and City of Harrisonburg
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:49 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0447
- 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 Rockingham County in western Virginia... The City of Harrisonburg in western Virginia... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 449 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dale Enterprise, or near Harrisonburg, moving east 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... Harrisonburg, Dale Enterprise, Dayton, Cherry Grove, Keezletown, Lacey Spring, Singers Glen, Linville, Hinton, and Sparkling Springs.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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