Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Garrett County, MD
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NOAA issued it on August 16, 2026, 7 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Garrett County in western Maryland until 5:15 PM EDT on August 16, 2026.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Garrett County, Maryland
- Issued
- August 16, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 7 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Garrett County, Maryland.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC. Effective from 4:35 PM EDT to 5:15 PM EDT on August 16, 2026. Alert type code: SVR.
Affected Areas
Garrett County in western Maryland. Locations impacted include Mountain Lake Park, Oakland, Bayard, Bittinger, Grantsville, Loch Lynn Heights, Friendsville, Deer Park, Accident, Redhouse, Hutton, Gorman, Jennings, Keysers Ridge, Mineral Spring, Crellin, Deep Creek Lake State Park, Swallow Falls State Park, McHenry, and Selbysport.
What You Should Do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. If on or near Deep Creek Lake, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle.
Expected Conditions
60 mph wind gusts. Hail up to .75 inches. Tornado possible.
Timeline
Alert effective August 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM EDT until August 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM EDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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