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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 329 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLICOTT
CITY, OR NEAR HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
BALTIMORE, COLUMBIA, SEVERN, PIKESVILLE, COCKEYSVILLE, ELKRIDGE,
RIVIERA BEACH, BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AIRPORT, HISTORIC ELLICOTT
CITY, GLEN BURNIE, ELLICOTT CITY, DUNDALK, TOWSON, CATONSVILLE,
WOODLAWN, SEVERNA PARK, RANDALLSTOWN, PARKVILLE, OWINGS MILLS, AND
ELDERSBURG.
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,
NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3917 7700 3919 7689 3940 7698 3951 7653
3910 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 258DEG 51KT 3928 7690
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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