550  
WWUS71 KLWX 180647  
NPWLWX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
147 AM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
MDZ502-509-VAZ025-503-504-507-508-WVZ502-504-506-181500-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0024.251219T1100Z-251220T0000Z/  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-WESTERN GARRETT-AUGUSTA-WESTERN  
HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL  
VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN MINERAL-EASTERN  
PENDLETON-  
147 AM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY
 
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN MARYLAND, CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY AND WESTERN  
GARRETT COUNTIES. IN VIRGINIA, CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE AND  
NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE, AND AUGUSTA, EASTERN HIGHLAND, AND  
WESTERN HIGHLAND COUNTIES. IN WEST VIRGINIA, EASTERN GRANT,  
EASTERN MINERAL, AND EASTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
MDZ003>006-008-011-505>508-VAZ028-WVZ050>053-055-181500-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0024.251219T1700Z-251220T0000Z/  
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-CECIL-SOUTHERN  
BALTIMORE-NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST  
HARFORD-SOUTHEAST HARFORD-FREDERICK VA-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-  
JEFFERSON-HARDY-  
147 AM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY
 
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND  
NORTHERN MARYLAND, NORTHWEST VIRGINIA, AND EASTERN AND PANHANDLE  
WEST VIRGINIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
MDZ501-510-WVZ501-503-505-181500-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.HW.A.0003.251219T1100Z-251220T0300Z/  
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-EASTERN GARRETT-WESTERN GRANT-WESTERN  
MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON-  
147 AM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...IN MARYLAND, EASTERN GARRETT AND EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY  
COUNTIES. IN WEST VIRGINIA, WESTERN GRANT, WESTERN MINERAL, AND  
WESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.  
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT,  
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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