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FPUS71 KLWX 222315
NOWLWX

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

MDZ003>005-009-010-VAZ042-230015-
CARROLL MD-FREDERICK MD-HOWARD MD-LOUDOUN VA-MONTGOMERY MD-WASHINGTON
MD-
715 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.NOW...
AT 712 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EMMITSBURG TO
NEW MARKET TO 7 MILES EAST OF PURCELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT LIKELY WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE ROCKY RIDGE...NEW
MIDWAY...EMMITSBURG...LADIESBURG...LIBERTYTOWN...GREEN VALLEY...
DICKERSON...DETOUR...KEYSVILLE AND BARNESVILLE.

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.

HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW
ONE MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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GMS