2 products issued by NWS for: Bethesda MD
Short Term Forecast
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. $$ GMS
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 502 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-231015- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 502 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST FROM THE BLUE RIDGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN THURSDAY. $$