THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 331 PM EDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WOLFSVILLE… OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREDERICK…MOVING EAST AT
15 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…THURMONT…TANEYTOWN…WALKERSVILLE…BRADDOCK
HEIGHTS…DISCOVERY-SPRING GARDEN…CLOVER HILL…WOLFSVILLE…
LINGANORE-BARTONSVILLE…MYERSVILLE…WOODSBORO…UNION BRIDGE…
LIBERTYTOWN…DETOUR…GRACEHAM…ROCKY RIDGE…UNIONVILLE…NEW
MIDWAY…LADIESBURG AND UTICA.
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.