Weather Alert WatchOfficial-source alert index
NWS feedSource freshLast successful check:
Ended official alertUpdated

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Dorchester, MD; Somerset, MD; Wicomico, MD

This alert has ended.Kept for recent context. Do not use it as a current warning.

Official alert fields

What you need to know

Effective
Ended
Official severity
Severe
Official urgency
Immediate
Official certainty
Observed

What is happening

At 1121 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Federalsburg to near Vienna to 10 miles north of Deal Island, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. These severe storms will be near... Sharptown...

What the bulletin says to do

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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Read official NWS bulletin

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 1121 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Federalsburg to near Vienna to 10 miles north of Deal Island, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. These severe storms will be near... Sharptown and Vienna around 1125 PM EDT. Hebron around 1130 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Galestown, Green Hill, Catchpenny, Wetipquin, Brookview, Eldorado, Oriole, Trinity, Andrews, and Royal Oak.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 11:22PM EDT until July 21 at 11:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 10:39PM EDT until July 21 at 11:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

    Official revision

Source and limitations

Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wakefield VA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

CAP status
Actual
Message type
Update
Last collected
Methodology and corrections