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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
702 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 702 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARRINGTON TO NEAR FEDERALSBURG TO NEAR
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HURLOCK, HEBRON, SHARPTOWN, SECRETARY, VIENNA, EAST NEW MARKET,
MARDELA SPRINGS, GALESTOWN, BROOKVIEW, ELDORADO, CATCHPENNY, AND
LINKWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE
NWS WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3868 7580 3869 7576 3864 7571 3846 7569
3846 7562 3834 7573 3844 7599 3860 7598
3861 7597 3861 7595 3862 7598 3865 7595
3867 7595 3868 7592 3870 7590 3869 7587
3870 7580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 270DEG 40KT 3892 7553 3871 7582 3851 7614
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
EI
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