(NWS) …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON…WEST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTIES IN
NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN THE
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA…
AT 400 PM EDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BOONSBORO…OR
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHEPHERDSTOWN…MOVING EAST AT 20 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…
SHEPHERDSTOWN…BOONSBORO…MOUNT LENA…SAN MAR…MYERSVILLE…
KEEDYSVILLE…SHARPSBURG…FAIRPLAY…ROHRERSVILLE…BURKITTSVILLE…
GAPLAND…ANTIETAM…PLEASANT WALK…BOLIVAR…MIDDLETOWN IN
FREDERICK MD 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.
