BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for 13 Maryland counties until 9 p.m. and a tornado warning for Cecil County, Md., until 9:45 p.m. Saturday.
The tornado warning was canceled around 9:35 p.m
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During the same time period, the service issued a flash flood warning for Frederick, Middletown, Braddock Heights, Rising Sun, Fair Hill, Bay View and Cecil County until 10 p.m.
LWX issues a tornado warning [tornado: RADAR INDICATED, hail: 1.00 IN] for Cecil [MD] to 9:45 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/LiTQoHgpRG
— Howard Bernstein (@hbwx) July 3, 2022
The office has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Cecil, Harford, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s and Baltimore counties.
Baltimore City was also projected to be in the storm’s path. The storm arrived in Baltimore around 8:30 p.m
This warning was updated to include Montgomery County and Northwest George County in Central Maryland around 9:00 p.m.
Forecasters initially predicted the storms would develop in western and central Maryland, east of Interstate 81, between 3 and 5 p.m.
The storms were expected to move toward Interstate 95 by early evening.
Wind damage was the main threat from the storms.
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The storms were forecast to produce hail.
The chance of storms in the Baltimore area will end tonight. After that, there will be mostly cumulus clouds.
Sunday will initially look mostly cloudy, with those clouds clearing in the late morning and afternoon.
The humidity level will also decrease.
It should be a great day with highs in the mid 80s.
The Fourth of July looks hot and sunny with highs around 80 degrees.
The timing of the federal holiday should be perfect for fireworks and cookouts.
A chance for a storm returns Tuesday afternoon and continues through Friday.
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