421  
FPUS71 KLWX 162205  
NOWLWX  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
605 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
MDZ503>506-VAZ053-501-505-506-526-527-162245-  
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST  
HOWARD-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-NORTHWEST HOWARD-FAIRFAX-EASTERN  
LOUDOUN-NORTHWEST PRINCE WILLIAM-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN  
LOUDOUN-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-  
605 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
AT 604 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A  
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SYKESVILLE TO NEAR POOLESVILLE TO THE  
PLAINS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH  
THIS LINE OF STORMS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
COLUMBIA, GERMANTOWN, CENTREVILLE, ROCKVILLE, BETHESDA, GAITHERSBURG,  
RESTON, OLNEY, SOUTH RIDING, HERNDON, VIENNA, BROADLANDS, LANSDOWNE,  
LOWES ISLAND, BRAMBLETON, AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE, DULLES  
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY, ELLICOTT CITY, AND  
ASPEN HILL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 70 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 88.  
INTERSTATE 95 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 38.  
INTERSTATE 270 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.  
 
LAT...LON 3935 7703 3936 7700 3929 7678 3927 7679  
3926 7678 3912 7685 3911 7687 3913 7689  
3912 7691 3908 7693 3875 7754 3895 7771  
3919 7723 3936 7705  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 307DEG 18KT 3933 7704 3912 7736 3888 7779  

 
 
BRO  
 
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