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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 481, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND DORCHESTER SOMERSET WICOMICO WORCESTER IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AMELIA CHESTERFIELD CITY OF RICHMOND CUMBERLAND GOOCHLAND HANOVER HENRICO POWHATAN IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ESSEX KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN NEW KENT RICHMOND WESTMORELAND IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER MIDDLESEX NORTHUMBERLAND IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CAROLINE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, ANGOLA, BEACH, BON AIR, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BURRUSS CORNER, CAMBRIDGE, CARET, CEDAR FORK, CENTER CROSS, CHAMPLAIN, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CHULA, CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, CORBIN, CRISFIELD, DAWN, DENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, EARLS, GLEN ALLEN, GOOCHLAND, GRESSIT, GUINEA MILLS, HAWK, HOWERTONS, JETERSVILLE, KILMARNOCK, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, MANNBORO, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW KENT AIRPORT, OCEAN CITY, ORAPAX FARMS, POWHATAN, PRINCESS ANNE, QUINTON, RAINES TAVERN, REEDS, RICHMOND, SALISBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, STODDERT, TALLEYSVILLE, URBANNA, WARSAW, AND WEST POINT.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...West winds around 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions. &&
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Somerset County in southeastern Maryland... Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland... Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 818 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of Tilghman Island to 7 miles east of Taylors Island to 11 miles northwest of Deal Island, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Salisbury, Cambridge, Fruitland, Hurlock, Salisbury University, Delmar, Federalsburg, Hebron, Sharptown, Secretary, Vienna, University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Studies, Parsonsburg, East New Market, Mardela Springs, Galestown, Brookview, Eldorado, Whitehaven, and Wetipquin. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH