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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1128 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
* AT 1128 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LANSDOWNE,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 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...
GERMANTOWN, GAITHERSBURG, LANSDOWNE, POOLESVILLE, ASHBURN,
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, BOYDS, CLARKSBURG, DARNESTOWN, BARNESVILLE,
BEALLSVILLE, AND DAWSONVILLE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3905 7746 3911 7751 3932 7725 3916 7721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 226DEG 38KT 3910 7745
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
KJP
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