Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Wicomico County, MD

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DORCHESTER AND WESTERN WICOMICO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EST...

AT 346 PM EST... A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS DORCHESTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRAPPE TO CAMBRIDGE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHURCH CREEK... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NANTICOKE... HURLOCK AND EAST NEW MARKET AROUND 355 PM EST. VIENNA AND GALESTOWN AROUND 400 PM EST. SHARPTOWN AND MARDELA SPRINGS AROUND 405 PM EST. HEBRON AROUND 410 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BIVALVE... TYASKIN... WETIPQUIN... ELDORADO... BROOKVIEW AND ROYAL OAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.