Issued by the National Weather Service
For Saint Marys County, Maryland
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 4:18PM EDT THU UNTIL 4:45PM EDT THU THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… CENTRAL CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… EASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 418 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHERIDAN POINT, MOVING EAST AT 40 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… PRINCE FREDERICK, HALLOWING POINT, SAINT LEONARD CREEK, SHERIDAN POINT, FLAG HARBOR, CALVERT CLIFFS, GOLDEN BEACH, SAINT LEONARD, HUNTINGTOWN, LONG BEACH, AQUASCO, CALVERT BEACH, BENEDICT, EAGLE HARBOR, BARSTOW, PORT REPUBLIC, SANDGATES, OAKVILLE AND DARES BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS, SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE TREES, MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON’T DRIVE UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED. && HAIL…1.00IN WIND…60MPH
