{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.dea2634c5e7a303144de179aa4fa2c4490f40c0c.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:54PM 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.dea2634c5e7a303144de179aa4fa2c4490f40c0c.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":206,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:54PM 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:** Baltimore, MD; Carroll, MD; Howard, MD; Montgomery, MD\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T18:54:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T18:54:00-04:00\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...\nSoutheastern Carroll County in north central Maryland...\nNorthwestern Howard County in central Maryland...\nNortheastern Montgomery County in central Maryland...\nWest central Baltimore County in northern Maryland...\n\n* Until 800 PM EDT.\n\n* At 654 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sykesville,\nor 10 miles east of Damascus, moving northeast at 25 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...\nPikesville, Ellicott City, Randallstown, Owings Mills, Eldersburg,\nMilford Mill, Reisterstown, Hampstead, Sykesville, Oakland, Gamber,\nGarrison, Finksburg, Carrollton, Upperco, Henryton, West\nFriendship, Louisville, Dayton, and Woodstock.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding."}