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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC

519 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025



The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Central Montgomery County in central Maryland...



* Until 545 PM EDT.



* At 518 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boyds, or

  near Germantown, moving east at 40 mph.



  THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR POOLESVILLE, DAWSONVILLE, AND 

GAITHERSBURG.



  HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.



  SOURCE...Radar indicated.



  IMPACT...Expect considerable damage to trees and power lines. Your 

           life is at significant risk if outdoors. In addition to 

           some trees falling into homes, wind damage is possible to 

           roofs, sheds, open garages, and mobile homes.



* Locations impacted include...

  Derwood, Gaithersburg, Washington Grove, Olney, Aspen Hill, North

  Potomac, Germantown, Boyds, Redland, Rockville, Laytonsville,

  Brookeville, Norbeck, Dawsonville, Rossmoor, Montgomery Village,

  Darnestown, Glenmont, Wheaton-Glenmont, and Clarksburg.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement

agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service

office in Sterling Virginia.



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LAT...LON 3908 7739 3918 7738 3922 7725 3923 7704

      3907 7704

TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 266DEG 35KT 3913 7731 



THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH



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