...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN SUSSEX...KENT...TALBOT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...
At 718 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Dover Speedway to near Andrewsville to near
Oxford, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Dover, Easton, Milford, Denton, Harrington, Camden, Lewes,
Federalsburg, Milton, Bridgeville, Greensboro, Ridgely, Trappe, St.
Michaels, Preston, Oxford, Ellendale, Bowers, Queen Anne, and
Woodside.
People at the Delaware State Fair should seek safe shelter
immediately!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and
southern Delaware...and eastern and northeastern Maryland.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
