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WWUS81 KLWX 162010
SPSLWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
MDZ509-510-162130-
EASTERN GARRETT-WESTERN GARRETT-
410 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING GARRETT COUNTY
AT 405 PM EDT, RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JEFFERSON BORO TO NEAR CASSVILLE TO
MONONGAH TO NEAR ENTERPRISE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR DEEP CREEK LAKE, BE PREAPRED TO TAKE SWIFT
ACTION TO GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE
AS STORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 2005Z 281DEG 43KT 3991 8011 3972 8004 3948 8020 3946
8032
CJL
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