SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 6:45PM

by BCP on Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:58 pm

Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
5:46 pm EDT, Tue., Jun. 9, 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... KING GEORGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... NORTHWESTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WALDORF TO 14 MILES WEST OF STAFFORD... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. CHARLES... LA PLATA... STAFFORD... MASSAPONAX... GOLDEN BEACH... PRINCE FREDERICK... DAHLGREN...

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.