Severe Thunderstorm Warning Maryland | Effective 04/01/2026 14:30

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 1 at 5:30PM EDT until April 1 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 1, 2026 - 2:30pm
Expires: 
April 1, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Allegany County in western Maryland... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 530 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Gordon, or near Cumberland, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 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... Flintstone, Little Orleans, Bellegrove, Pumpkin Center, and Pleasant Valley.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 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.
Area Description: 
Allegany, MD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC