Severe Thunderstorm Warning (8/26/24)

 
Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired for the DC region. The most recent warning issuance before the expiration is below.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect to 5:45 pm Monday, August 26, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.

MARYLAND: central Anne Arundel.

Excerpted from the National Weather Service:

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Anne Arundel County in central Maryland…

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 454 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Severna Park, or near Severn, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

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…
Severn, Annapolis, Crofton, Riviera Beach, Mayo, Naval Academy, Magothy River, Dobbins Island, Severn River, Pinehurst, Fort Smallwood Park, Gibson Island, Sillery Bay, Bodkin Point, Glen Burnie, Severna Park, Odenton, Pasadena, Arnold, and Lake Shore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.