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WUUS51 KLWX 181716
SVRLWX
MDC027-031-181800-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0143.250618T1716Z-250618T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
116 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
* AT 115 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OLNEY, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
COLUMBIA, ROCKVILLE, GAITHERSBURG, OLNEY, ELKRIDGE, HISTORIC
ELLICOTT CITY, ELLICOTT CITY, ASPEN HILL, MONTGOMERY VILLAGE,
REDLAND, SAVAGE-GUILFORD, ROSSMOOR, SCAGGSVILLE, ILCHESTER,
CLOVERLY, BURTONSVILLE, JESSUP, SAVAGE, DERWOOD, AND FULTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3933 7687 3932 7685 3932 7684 3918 7675
3915 7678 3907 7716 3914 7724 3935 7692
3935 7688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 242DEG 20KT 3915 7710
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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