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Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Aug 2, 2008 15:45:16 GMT -5
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD 432 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... QUEEN ANNE`S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BETTERTON TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK HALL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES WEST OF MIDDLETOWN TO 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 26 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEWTOWN BY 440 PM... KENNEDYVILLE BY 445 PM... MORGNEC BY 450 PM... CRUMPTON...LANGFORD AND CHESTERTOWN BY 455 PM... ROCK HALL BY 500 PM... SUDLERSVILLE AND OLD TOWN BY 505 PM...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
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