(NWS) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 427 PM EDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADDOCK
HEIGHTS…OR NEAR FREDERICK…MOVING EAST AT 25 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…HARRY GROVE STADIUM…BALLENGER CREEK…MOUNT AIRY…
WALKERSVILLE…BRADDOCK HEIGHTS…NEW MARKET…DISCOVERY-SPRING
GARDEN…CLOVER HILL…LINGANORE-BARTONSVILLE…MYERSVILLE…NEW
WINDSOR…WOODSBORO…LIBERTYTOWN…MONROVIA…BOLIVAR…MIDDLETOWN
IN FREDERICK MD…CLIFTON…MARSTON AND UNIONVILLE.
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.