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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1140 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* AT 1140 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ROUZERVILLE TO NEAR NEW MARKET TO NEAR GERMANTOWN TO
NEAR BOYDS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
GERMANTOWN, FREDERICK, ROCKVILLE, GAITHERSBURG, OLNEY, PIKESVILLE,
COCKEYSVILLE, WESTMINSTER, DAMASCUS, LOWES ISLAND, THURMONT,
EMMITSBURG, ELLICOTT CITY, RANDALLSTOWN, MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, OWINGS
MILLS, ELDERSBURG, MILFORD MILL, STERLING, AND REISTERSTOWN.
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 NORTHERN,
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3958 7664 3938 7667 3901 7738 3931 7737
3957 7747 3972 7757 3972 7668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 234DEG 42KT 3972 7751 3935 7733 3924 7732 3913
7732
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
GEIGER
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