Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:15PM Thursday
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Allegany County in western Maryland... Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 829 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Meyersdale to near Mount Davis to near Grantsville, moving southeast 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... Frostburg, Keyser, Westernport, Bel Air, La Vale, Fort Ashby, Lonaconing, Piedmont, Cresaptown, Potomac Park, Eckhart Mines, Mount Savage, Rawlings, Barton, Midland, Midlothian, Franklin, Woodland, Luke and Dogwood Flats.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGANY, MD ... MINERAL, WV
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Mineral County WV Emergency Management
Pine Swamp Rd
Keyser, WV 26726
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-788-1821
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning