Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
194 WWUS51 KLWX 220618 SVSLWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 218 AM EDT Sun Sep 22 2024 MDC013-027-031-220645- /O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-240922T0645Z/ Carroll MD-Howard MD-Montgomery MD- 218 AM EDT Sun Sep 22 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... At 218 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sykesville, or 9 miles northeast of Damascus, moving south at 35 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... Columbia, Damascus, Ellicott City, Eldersburg, Mount Airy, Sykesville, Laytonsville, Clarksville, Henryton, West Friendship, Lisbon, Glenwood, Dayton, Gaither, Watersville, Poplar Springs, Roxbury Mills, Woodbine, Glenelg, and Marriottsville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3920 7688 3921 7717 3936 7717 3938 7716 3943 7705 3940 7696 3940 7689 TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 001DEG 29KT 3934 7704 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KR