Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Weather Updated: May 05 8:29AM
Issued by the National Weather Service
For Saint Marys County, Maryland
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 8:29AM EDT FRI UNTIL 9:30AM EDT FRI THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… SOUTHEASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 829 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GOLDEN BEACH TO NEAR HAGUE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 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… LEXINGTON PARK, CHESAPEAKE RANCH ESTATES, CHESAPEAKE BEACH, LEONARDTOWN, PRINCE FREDERICK, PINEY POINT, TALL TIMBERS, SAINT INIGOES CREEK, SAINT MARYS CITY, GREENWELL STATE PARK, HALLOWING POINT, SAINT LEONARD CREEK, BREEZY POINT, TOWN CREEK, SAINT MARYS RIVER, WHITE POINT BEACH, CUCKOLD CREEK, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, SHERIDAN POINT AND CALVERT CLIFFS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS, SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE TREES, MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON’T DRIVE UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY, IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && HAIL…<.75IN WIND…60MPH