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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Special Weather Statement for Wicomico County, MD

Issued by The National Weather Service
Wakefield, VA
4:32pm EDT, Sat May 14

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 5:30PM EDT SAT

... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET... WESTERN WICOMICO AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 432 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STARR TO NEAR SAINT MARYS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMBRIDGE... HURLOCK... FEDERALSBURG... SHARPTOWN... SECRETARY... VIENNA... DEAL ISLAND... UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES... EAST NEW MARKET... MARDELA SPRINGS... GALESTOWN... CHURCH CREEK... BROOKVIEW... ELDORADO... WOOLFORD... DAMES QUARTER... WETIPQUIN... MADISON... TAYLORS ISLAND AND BUCKTOWN.

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.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the heads up

Anonymous said...

Still clear and sunny in Salisbury.

Anonymous said...

Uh oh. It's clouding up in Salisbury.

Anonymous said...

There was a beautiful rainbow after the rain!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Joe....not a thing on the two local boob channels earlier this evening, but, we had a downpour on East side next to Winter Place Park!!!

Anonymous said...

That was a nice blow!
I now have a new set of lawn furniture and a gazebo.