Severe Thunderstorm Warning by NWS

• Effective: 2024-06-30 16:03:00 EDT
• Expires: 2024-06-30 16:45:00 EDT
• Urgency: Immediate
• Severity: Severe
• Certainty: Observed
• Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 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.
• Target Area: Baltimore, MD; Carroll, MD

The National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia, has announced a Severe Thunderstorm Warning effective until 4:45 PM EDT for northeastern Carroll County and northwestern Baltimore County in Maryland. At 4:02 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was detected near Manchester, moving east at 30 mph with potential 60 mph wind gusts. The storm may cause significant damage, including downed trees and branches, which could lead to injuries, property damage, vehicle damage, and blocked roads. Power outages may also occur. Residents in Hampstead, Manchester, Bentley Springs, Freeland, Lineboro, Parkton, Hereford, Millers, and Maryland Line should secure outdoor items and take shelter.

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