...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTIES IN
NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...NORTHWESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...CLARKE...SOUTHEASTERN FREDERICK...NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND
NORTHEASTERN SHENANDOAH COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...JEFFERSON
AND SOUTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
AND THE CITY OF WINCHESTER...
AT 248 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BOONSBORO TO NEAR STEPHENS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30
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...
FREDERICK...WINCHESTER...CHARLES TOWN...SHEPHERDSTOWN...MILLWOOD
PIKE...BRUNSWICK...RANSON...BERRYVILLE...BOONSBORO...INWOOD...
BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...STEPHENS CITY...HARPERS FERRY...CLOVER HILL...
BLUEMONT...KEARNEYSVILLE...CORPORATION OF RANSON...JEFFERSON...
MYERSVILLE AND LOVETTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND
YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS...SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE
TREES...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON`T DRIVE
UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.