(NWS) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
WEST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA…
NORTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA…
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 346 PM EDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHEPHERDSTOWN…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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…
SHEPHERDSTOWN…BOONSBORO…MOUNT LENA…SAN MAR…SAINT JAMES…
MYERSVILLE…KEEDYSVILLE…SHARPSBURG…FAIRPLAY…ROHRERSVILLE…
BURKITTSVILLE…GAPLAND…ANTIETAM…PLEASANT WALK…BOLIVAR…
MIDDLETOWN IN FREDERICK MD…WINEBRENNERS CROSS AND ARNOLDTOWN.
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.