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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
401 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* AT 401 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ARBUTUS, OR
NEAR BALTIMORE, MOVING EAST AT 35 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, MIDDLE RIVER, ELKRIDGE, RIVIERA BEACH,
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AIRPORT, FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, BODKIN
POINT, MILLERS ISLAND, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, SPARROWS POINT, BACK
RIVER, PINEHURST, HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY, GLEN BURNIE, ELLICOTT
CITY, DUNDALK, CATONSVILLE, AND ESSEX.
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
NORTHERN MARYLAND.
LAT...LON 3939 7631 3938 7629 3937 7628 3937 7630
3936 7631 3935 7629 3931 7629 3933 7631
3919 7643 3918 7644 3920 7650 3914 7641
3909 7642 3910 7682 3930 7679 3940 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 263DEG 30KT 3925 7667
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BELAK
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