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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

557 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

EASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

NORTHERN ST.MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...

WESTERN CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR HALLOWING POINT...

AND WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

HALLOWING POINT...

GOLDEN BEACH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY

BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. IF OUTDOORS OR IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...MOVE

TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.