{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.f9b2908f3c363dc26294436363833ced3cae0845.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 6:45PM EDT until July 21 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.f9b2908f3c363dc26294436363833ced3cae0845.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC"},"word_count":248,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 6:45PM EDT until July 21 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Highland, VA; Grant, WV; Pendleton, WV\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:45:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:45:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T19:45:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSVRLWX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nNortheastern Highland County in western Virginia...\nPendleton County in eastern West Virginia...\nSoutheastern Grant County in eastern West Virginia...\n\n* Until 745 PM EDT.\n\n* At 644 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from near Davis to 14 miles east of Elkins to near Mill\nCreek, moving southeast at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches\nto fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as\ndamage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by\ndowned trees. Localized power outages are possible.\nUnsecured light objects may become projectiles.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nPetersburg, Franklin, Rough Run, Brandywine, Upper Tract, Landes,\nArthur, Doe Hill, Brushy Run, Riverton, Deer Run, Seymourville,\nCircleville, Masonville, Ruddle, Cabins, Hopeville, Oak Flat,\nDorcas, and Kline Gap.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nLarge hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning\nare occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning\nis one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear\nthunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning."}