WEATHER ALERT!

... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET... WICOMICO... NORTH CENTRAL WORCESTER AND CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTIES... AT 648 PM EDT, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GEORGETOWN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO NEAR LEXINGTON PARK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SALISBURY, FRUITLAND, SALISBURY UNIVERSITY, DELMAR, HEBRON, SHARPTOWN, VIENNA, DEAL ISLAND, PARSONSBURG, PITTSVILLE, WILLARDS, MARDELA SPRINGS, GALESTOWN, BROOKVIEW, ELDORADO, WHITEHAVEN, BISHOP, WETIPQUIN, TRINITY AND EDEN. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS... SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES... AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS... POTTED PLANTS... LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.