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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
641 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 641 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
WILLIAMSPORT, OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
WILLIAMSPORT, SAINT JAMES, HALFWAY, KEEDYSVILLE, FUNKSTOWN, FALLING
WATERS, SHARPSBURG, FAIRPLAY, HEDGESVILLE, AND BIG SPRING.
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.
LAT...LON 3960 7765 3945 7772 3948 7780 3949 7776
3950 7778 3949 7779 3949 7783 3957 7804
3963 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 285DEG 21KT 3958 7796
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJL
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