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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:34 PM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
MD . MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CARROLL CECIL FREDERICK HARFORD HOWARD MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES WASHINGTON MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE BALTIMORE CITY
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:34 PM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
CW . ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:33 PM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Carroll County in north central Maryland... Northwestern Baltimore City in northern Maryland... West central Harford County in northern Maryland... Northern Baltimore County in northern Maryland... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Randallstown, or 8 miles west of Pikesville, moving northeast 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... Freeland, Owings Mills, Lutherville, Louisville, Long Green, Riderwood, Mays Chapel, Brooklandville, Bentley Springs, Mcdonogh, Pikesville, Cockeysville, Phoenix, Fallston, Jacksonville, Butler, Monkton, Milford Mill, Glencoe, and Baldwin. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:30 PM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...NORTH CENTRAL HOWARD AND WEST CENTRAL BALTIMORE COUNTIES... At 428 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sykesville, or 8 miles northwest of Historic Ellicott City, moving northeast 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... Milford Mill, Henryton, West Friendship, Louisville, Randallstown, Oakland, Gamber, Woodstock, Gaither, Granite, Eldersburg, Sykesville, Marriottsville, Carrolltowne, Owings Mills, and Ellicott City. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2:32 PM May. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected. * WHERE...Tidal Potomac River from Key Bridge to Cobb Island MD, Chesapeake Bay north of North Beach MD, Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Chester River to Queenstown MD, Eastern Bay, and Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions. &&
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