Weather Service Warns of Tornadoes, Hail Friday
Two waves of storms could hit the area, bringing heavy winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes.
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a tornado watch for a large portion of Maryland, including all of Anne Arundel County, through 9 p.m. Friday.
The NWS said scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will move from Northern Virginia into Maryland late this afternoon—bringing strong winds, large hail and the potential for isolated tornadoes.
The service said the storms could come in two waves, the first expected to pass through the area by 6 p.m.
A second round of severe weather is expected to come between 6 and 8 p.m., reaching the Chesapeake Bay by about 9 p.m.
The weather service said residents should prepare for severe weather anytime between this afternoon and midnight.
There already were reports of tornadoes in parts of western Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia on Friday afternoon. A tornado warning was issued for parts of Montgomery, Howard and Carroll counties.
Patch will update this story as new information becomes available.
Mike Brown
3:53 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AA COUNTY
.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR HOWARD...ANNE ARUNDEL...PRINCE GEORGES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADAMS MORGAN...OR NEAR
FORT TOTTEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
TORNADO WATCH 333 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
MDC003-005-009-011-013-015-017-019-025-027-029-031-033-035-037-
039-041-045-510-020100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0333.120601T1750Z-120602T0100Z/
MD
. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CALVERT
CAROLINE CARROLL CECIL
CHARLES DORCHESTER HARFORD
HOWARD KENT MONTGOMERY
PRINCE GEORGES QUEEN ANNE`S SOMERSET
ST. MARYS TALBOT
Steve S.
7:45 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012
What good does this information do us on Saturday?
Tim Lemke
8:58 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012
Steve - this story was posted on Friday afternoon, hours before the storms rolled in.