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WUUS51 KLWX 181841
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MDC021-043-VAC107-WVC037-181930-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
241 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTH CENTRAL LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 241 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHEPHERDSTOWN, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
FREDERICK, SHEPHERDSTOWN, HARRY GROVE STADIUM, BALLENGER CREEK,
BRUNSWICK, WALKERSVILLE, BOONSBORO, BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, HARPERS
FERRY, CLOVER HILL, DISCOVERY-SPRING GARDEN,
LINGANORE-BARTONSVILLE, ADAMSTOWN, JEFFERSON, MYERSVILLE,
KEEDYSVILLE, BUCKEYSTOWN, SHARPSBURG, ROSEMONT, AND ROHRERSVILLE.
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 NORTH CENTRAL
MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3930 7773 3947 7783 3958 7739 3946 7731
3928 7749 3931 7758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 254DEG 35KT 3940 7772
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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