THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… THE SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA… CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… NORTHERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND…
* UNTIL 6:00 PM EDT.
* AT 453 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE BARCROFT TO NEAR BURKE TO NEAR DALE CITY, MOVING EAST AT 30 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… ARLINGTON, ALEXANDRIA, WALDORF, BOWIE, CLINTON, FORT WASHINGTON, FORT HUNT, FORESTVILLE, LARGO, CORAL HILLS, LA PLATA, NATIONAL HARBOR, UPPER MARLBORO, NATIONALS PARK, RFK STADIUM, ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, CAMP SPRINGS, OXON HILL, KETTERING AND WALKER MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE’S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING