Special Weather Statement issued October 14 at 4:19PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
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At 419 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Friendsville, or 15 miles northwest of Bittinger, moving east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bittinger, Friendsville, Accident, Keysers Ridge, Mineral Spring, and Selbysport. This includes Interstate 68 in Maryland between mile markers 1 and 18. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MD, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Western Garrett; Eastern Garrett
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-14T16:19:00-04:00
- states
- ["MD"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-14T16:19:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0070d39f054a71f7f351609a37b1b9d41902b97.001.1
- references
- []
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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