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Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent warning issuance before the cancellation is below.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect to 8:45 pm Wednesday, July 10, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
MARYLAND: southwestern Prince George’s, Charles.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Prince Georges County in central Maryland…
Charles County in southern Maryland…
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 753 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Triangle to near Quantico to near Potomac Creek to near Fairview Beach, moving northeast at 35 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…
Waldorf, Fort Washington, La Plata, Port Tobacco River, Saint Charles, Accokeek, Bryans Road, Brandywine, Hughesville, Mason Neck, Potomac Heights, Bryantown, Pomfret, Port Tobacco Village, Ironsides, Bel Alton, Pisgah, Marbury, Port Tobacco, and White Plains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.