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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
413 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

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MONTGOMERY MD-CHARLES MD-CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-ARLINGTON VA-
BALTIMORE MD-ST. MARYS MD-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-STAFFORD VA-PRINCE GEORGES MD-
BALTIMORE CITY MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-HOWARD MD-FAIRFAX VA-CALVERT MD-
413 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR THE BALTIMORE CITY...THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...THE CITY OF FALLS
CHURCH...CALVERT...FAIRFAX...HOWARD...ANNE ARUNDEL...PRINCE
GEORGES...STAFFORD...PRINCE WILLIAM...ST. MARYS...BALTIMORE...
ARLINGTON...CHARLES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...

AT 410 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BWI AIRPORT TO ANDREWS AFB TO STAFFORD...AND WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UPPER MARLBORO...
  SEVERNA PARK...
  PASADENA...
  RIVERIA BEACH...
  SPARROWS POINT...
  EDGEMERE...
  MILLERS ISLAND...
  WEST RIVER...
  SOUTH RIVER...
  SEVERN RIVER...
  HIGHLAND BEACH...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE
INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN IT IS
SAFE TO DO SO...REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3897 7646 3891 7645 3887 7650 3841 7650
    3837 7699 3844 7704 3835 7721 3841 7728
    3851 7728 3846 7732 3836 7729 3845 7761
    3879 7725 3924 7696 3923 7639 3919 7644
    3922 7652 3914 7642 3902 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 274DEG 33KT 3917 7663 3879 7684
    3846 7738

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