{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.4b88ae320fcce95c5cecfaf52de676dee5bb795a.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 7:03PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.4b88ae320fcce95c5cecfaf52de676dee5bb795a.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC"},"word_count":253,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 7:03PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Anne Arundel, MD; Baltimore, MD; Howard, MD; Baltimore City, MD\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T19:03:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T19:03:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T20:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSVRLWX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nCentral Baltimore City in northern Maryland...\nNorthwestern Anne Arundel County in central Maryland...\nEast central Howard County in central Maryland...\nSouth central Baltimore County in northern Maryland...\n\n* Until 800 PM EDT.\n\n* At 702 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Gate,\nor over Baltimore-Washington Airport, moving north at 10 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches\nto fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as\ndamage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by\ndowned trees. Localized power outages are possible.\nUnsecured light objects may become projectiles.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nBaltimore, Severn, Elkridge, Riviera Beach, Baltimore-Washington\nAirport, Sparrows Point, Back River, Glen Burnie, Dundalk,\nCatonsville, Woodlawn, Severna Park, Odenton, Milford Mill,\nLochearn, Pasadena, Arbutus, Lake Shore, Ferndale, and Brooklyn\nPark.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nLarge hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning\nare occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is\none of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,\nyou are close enough to be struck by lightning."}