Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
239 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023
MDC013-021-027-031-071915-
/O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-230907T1915Z/
Carroll MD-Howard MD-Montgomery MD-Frederick MD-
239 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...NORTHWESTERN
HOWARD...NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND
FREDERICK COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
At 239 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ballenger
Creek, or near Harry Grove Stadium, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 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, Damascus, Thurmont, Harry Grove Stadium,
Eldersburg, Ballenger Creek, Mount Airy, Walkersville, Braddock
Heights, New Market, Green Valley, Clover Hill, Discovery-Spring
Garden, Wolfsville, Linganore-Bartonsville, Clarksburg, Adamstown,
Jefferson, and Myersville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
By The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.