{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.7bcc25b783915967cdb2081913828d29d27fe2f8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 6:50PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.7bcc25b783915967cdb2081913828d29d27fe2f8.001.1","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":166,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 6:50PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Prince Georges; Anne Arundel\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T18:50:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T18:50:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 650 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over\nLandover, or over Fedex Field, moving northeast at 15 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nBowie, College Park, Crofton, Greenbelt, Largo, Bladensburg, Fedex\nField, Odenton, Laurel, Landover, East Riverdale, Kettering, New\nCarrollton, Mitchellville, Lake Arbor, Riverdale Park, Cheverly, Seat\nPleasant, Woodmore, and Millersville.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 95 in Maryland between mile markers 14 and 23.\nInterstate 97 in Maryland between mile markers 3 and 4.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nA Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for\ncentral Maryland."}