Severe Thunderstorm Warning Maryland | Effective 03/16/2026 18:45

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 9:45PM EDT until March 16 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 6:45pm
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 7:45pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Somerset County in southeastern Maryland... Western Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland... Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland... * Until 1045 PM EDT. * At 945 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Saint Leonard Creek to Saint George Island to near Saluda, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Taylors Island around 955 PM EDT. Cambridge and University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Studies around 1015 PM EDT. Hurlock around 1025 PM EDT. Vienna and Lawsonia around 1030 PM EDT. Princess Anne, University Of Maryland Eastern Shore, Hebron, Sharptown, Westover, and Marion Station around 1035 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Wetipquin, Madison, Brookview, Trinity, Eldorado, Eden, Kingston, Church Creek, Lloyds, and Linkwood.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description: 
Dorchester, MD; Somerset, MD; Wicomico, MD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov