{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.f45f276329f77333a63db1cba37bfea8f30cb702.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:27PM EDT until July 4 at 7:15PM 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.f45f276329f77333a63db1cba37bfea8f30cb702.001.1","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":229,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:27PM EDT until July 4 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Howard, MD; Montgomery, MD\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T18:27:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T18:27:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSVRLWX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nCentral Howard County in central Maryland...\nCentral Montgomery County in central Maryland...\n\n* Until 715 PM EDT.\n\n* At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Montgomery\nVillage, or over Gaithersburg, moving northeast at 20 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...\nColumbia, Germantown, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Olney, Damascus,\nHistoric Ellicott City, Ellicott City, Aspen Hill, Montgomery\nVillage, Redland, Clarksburg, Derwood, Highland, Washington Grove,\nLaytonsville, Brookeville, Clarksville, West Friendship, and\nAshton.\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."}