Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Washington County in north central Maryland... Allegany County in western Maryland... Northeastern Garrett County in western Maryland... Northwestern Morgan County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia... North central Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 756 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Frostburg to near Romney, moving northeast at 20 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... Cumberland, Frostburg, Bel Air, Paw Paw, La Vale, Fort Ashby, Ridgeley, Cresaptown, Potomac Park, Wiley Ford, Eckhart Mines, Mount Savage, Rawlings, Ellerslie, Springfield, Corriganville, Midland, Midlothian, Green Spring and Flintstone.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGANY, MD ... GARRETT, MD ... WASHINGTON, MD ... HAMPSHIRE, WV ... MINERAL, WV ... MORGAN, WV

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.