Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm Warning MDC013-021-022345- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0428.200902T2254Z-200902T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 654 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2020 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Carroll County in north central Maryland... Northeastern Frederick County in north central Maryland... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 654 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Taneytown to 8 miles southeast of Emmitsburg to Discovery-Spring Garden, moving east at 35 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, Westminster, Harry Grove Stadium, Eldersburg, Ballenger Creek, Mount Airy, Taneytown, Hampstead, Walkersville, Manchester, Braddock Heights, New Market, Clover Hill, Discovery-Spring Garden, Linganore-Bartonsville, New Windsor, Woodsboro, Union Bridge, Libertytown and Monrovia. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
By The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.