745
WWUS81 KLWX 181655
SPSLWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1255 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
MDZ509-510-181745-
EASTERN GARRETT-WESTERN GARRETT-
1255 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GARRETT COUNTY
AT 1254 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PRESTON
AND GARRETT COUNTIES, MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUST 30 TO 40 MPH AND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS THAT MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, OAKLAND, BITTINGER, DEER PARK, MERRILL, HUTTON,
JENNINGS, DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK, SWALLOW FALLS STATE PARK,
MCHENRY, BIG RUN STATE PARK, NEW GERMANY, PINEY GROVE, AND MCCOMAS
BEACH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 68 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND
26.
LAT...LON 3971 7902 3960 7900 3948 7907 3947 7910
3946 7910 3946 7911 3945 7910 3944 7912
3943 7911 3941 7948 3956 7948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 259DEG 26KT 3953 7939
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