Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm WarningMDC021-031-VAC059-107-071900-/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0308.230907T1809Z-230907T1900Z/BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSevere Thunderstorm WarningNational Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC209 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Montgomery County in central Maryland... South central Frederick County in north central Maryland... Eastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia... Northwestern Fairfax County in northern Virginia...* Until 300 PM EDT.* At 209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Brambleton, moving northeast at 30 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... Germantown, Gaithersburg, Leesburg, Olney, Herndon, Broadlands, Lansdowne, Lowes Island, Brambleton, Poolesville, Dulles International Airport, Ashburn, Montgomery Village, Sterling, North Potomac, Chantilly, Redland, Great Falls, Countryside, and Arcola.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of abuilding.Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightningare occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning isone 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.
