ULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 600 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA... CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND... NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... NORTHWESTERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 558 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LONG MEADOW TO RANSON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BERRYVILLE...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOONSBORO... BLUEMONT... NEERSVILLE... WOLFSVILLE... ROUND HILL... PURCELLVILLE... BRUNSWICK... OATLANDS... THURMONT... POINT OF ROCKS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:02:29 +0000
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