Maryland Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/28/2026 14:27

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 5:27PM EDT until July 28 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 28, 2026 - 2:27pm
Expires: 
July 28, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Howard County in central Maryland... Montgomery County in central Maryland... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 527 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Oakland to near Olney to North Potomac, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Columbia, Germantown, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Olney, Elkridge, Damascus, Lowes Island, Poolesville, Historic Ellicott City, Ellicott City, Aspen Hill, Potomac, North Bethesda, Montgomery Village, Laurel, North Potomac, Fairland, Redland, and Colesville.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central, northern and north central Maryland...and northern Virginia.
Area Description: 
Howard, MD; Montgomery, MD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov