BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 542 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 540 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANSON TO CHARLES TOWN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLES TOWN...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROUND HILL... NEERSVILLE... PURCELLVILLE... BRUNSWICK... POINT OF ROCKS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:45:26 +0000