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FPUS71 KLWX 230142
NOWLWX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
942 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

MDZ004-005-009-010-230230-
CARROLL MD-FREDERICK MD-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD-
942 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.NOW...
AT 938 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRADDOCK HEIGHTS TO FREDERICK TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
POOLESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT LIKELY WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE IJAMSVILLE...
WALKERSVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...LEWISTOWN...UTICA...NEW MARKET...
MONROVIA...WOODSBORO...LIBERTYTOWN AND ROCKY RIDGE.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES.

THESE THUNDERSTORM ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR SAFETY. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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GMS