Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 5:44PM EDT until July 28 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 2:44pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
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The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Taylors
Island, moving east to northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Taylors Island around 550 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Madison,
Taylors Island, Woolford, Andrews, Church Creek, Honga, and Bucktown.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southeastern
Maryland.
Area Description:
Dorchester, MD
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov