024  
WWUS81 KLWX 181839  
SPSLWX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
239 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
MDZ509-510-181945-  
EASTERN GARRETT-WESTERN GARRETT-  
239 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GARRETT COUNTY  
 
AT 238 PM EDT, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED  
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM URSINA TO 7 MILES WEST OF FRIENDSVILLE TO  
6 MILES NORTH OF NEWBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 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, BAYARD, BITTINGER, GRANTSVILLE, LOCH  
LYNN HEIGHTS, FRIENDSVILLE, DEER PARK, ACCIDENT, REDHOUSE, HUTTON,  
GORMAN, JENNINGS, CRELLIN, DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK, SWALLOW FALLS  
STATE PARK, MCHENRY, BIG RUN STATE PARK, PINEY GROVE, AND MCCOMAS  
BEACH.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 68 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND  
30.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3972 7893 3948 7907 3947 7910 3946 7909  
3943 7911 3941 7914 3942 7916 3939 7916  
3939 7919 3936 7922 3936 7925 3930 7929  
3930 7933 3922 7943 3920 7949 3972 7948  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 296DEG 23KT 3981 7935 3964 7955 3949 7987  
 
 
 
BJL  
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