Ted Schubel with Info to Go - From the National Weather Service: .NOW... AT 614 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AQUIA CREEK TO 36 MILES WEST OF STAFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT LIKELY WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE AQUIA CREEK AND POTOMAC CREEK. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR SAFETY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:24:49 +0000