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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
617 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
MDZ509-510-181045-
EASTERN GARRETT MD-WESTERN GARRETT MD-
617 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GARRETT COUNTY THROUGH
645 AM EDT...
AT 617 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS, OR OVER MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAYARD, BITTINGER, GRANTSVILLE, MERRILL, BIG RUN STATE PARK, GORMAN,
NEW GERMANY, PINEY GROVE, JENNINGS, AND GORMANIA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 68 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND
30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3948 7907 3947 7910 3946 7910 3946 7911
3943 7911 3943 7913 3941 7914 3942 7916
3939 7916 3939 7919 3936 7922 3936 7925
3934 7926 3930 7929 3930 7933 3927 7937
3950 7924 3972 7920 3972 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1017Z 258DEG 58KT 3939 7938
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
EST
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