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Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired for the DC region. The most recent warning issuance before the expiration is below.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect to 7:15 pm Sunday, August 18, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
MARYLAND: northwestern Howard, northeastern Montgomery.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Howard County in central Maryland…
Northeastern Montgomery County in central Maryland…
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 643 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Montgomery Village, or near Damascus, moving northeast 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…
Germantown, Gaithersburg, Olney, Damascus, Montgomery Village, Redland, Clarksburg, Derwood, Washington Grove, Laytonsville, Brookeville, Glenwood, Dayton, Poplar Springs, Roxbury Mills, and Glenelg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
The severe thunderstorm warnings for the Washington, DC region are updated for Sunday, August 18, 2024.