**WEATHER ALERT** THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 636 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TANEYTOWN TO LOWES ISLAND...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTH POTOMAC... MOUNT AIRY... GERMANTOWN... DAMASCUS... WESTMINSTER... MONTGOMERY VILLAGE... GAITHERSBURG... ROCKVILLE... MANCHESTER... SYKESVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MASSR1
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:45:11 +0000
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