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WUUS51 KLWX 181826
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
226 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 226 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALLENGER
CREEK, OR NEAR HARRY GROVE STADIUM, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. HAIL IS
LARGE ENOUGH TO DENT AND DAMAGE VEHICLES. SOME HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND WINDOWS IS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GERMANTOWN, FREDERICK, DAMASCUS, POOLESVILLE, BALLENGER CREEK,
MOUNT AIRY, NEW MARKET, BOYDS, GREEN VALLEY, POINT OF ROCKS,
LINGANORE-BARTONSVILLE, CLARKSBURG, ADAMSTOWN, BUCKEYSTOWN,
MONROVIA, BARNESVILLE, IJAMSVILLE, MOUNT PLEASANT, PARK MILLS, AND
LUCKETTS.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3929 7749 3946 7733 3943 7705 3919 7727
3912 7751 3930 7760 3932 7758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 304DEG 15KT 3933 7744
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
BELAK
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