Weather Alerts For Emmitsburg, MD

# HEADLINE -------------------- EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerously hot conditions each afternoon with heat index values between 110 to 115 expected. WHERE Washington DC, and portions of central, north central, northeast, northern, and southern Maryland, and central, northern, and northwest Virginia. WHEN For the first Extreme Heat Warning, until 9 PM EDT this evening. For the second Extreme Heat Warning, from 10 AM to 9 PM EDT Saturday. IMPACTS Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. ADDITIONAL DETAILS Early morning low temperatures in the 70s and 80s combined with oppressive humidity will result in little to no overnight relief. Prolonged excessive heat may impact power, water, and transportation systems. Heat index values around 100 are possible again Sunday afternoon. ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Calvert, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Northwest Howard, Orange, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, Stafford, Albemarle, Anne Arundel, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Culpeper, District of Columbia, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Northern Baltimore, Northern Fauquier, Northwest Harford, Northwest Montgomery, Northwest Prince William, Prince Georges, Rappahannock, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, St. Marys, Western Loudoun

# SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia has activated the SKYWARN amateur radio network for Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 448. Severe thunderstorms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts. The main threat area will be areas along the MD/PA border from Frederick County Maryland eastward to Cecil County Maryland. Weather spotters are encouraged to relay any severe storm impacts to the National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC HEADER Special Weather Statement # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Northwest Harford, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Northern Baltimore, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore Including the cities of Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Buckeystown, Park Mills, Eldersburg, Gamber, Westminster, Randallstown, Long Green, Glyndon, Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Cockeysville, Timonium, Andora, Appleton, Barksdale, Bay View, Blake, Bohemias Mills, Brantwood, Baltimore, Fells Point, Park Heights, Bynum, Hickory, Bel Air, Fallston, Harford Furnace, Abingdon, Edgewood, Magnolia, Aberdeen, Carsins, and Churchville

# SUMMARY -------------------- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 448 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND CARROLL FREDERICK IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND CECIL IN NORTHERN MARYLAND BALTIMORE BALTIMORE CITY HARFORD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ABINGDON, ANDORA, APPLETON, BALLENGER CREEK, BALTIMORE, BARKSDALE, BAY VIEW, BLAKE, BOHEMIAS MILLS, BRANTWOOD, BUCKEYSTOWN, BYNUM, CATONSVILLE, DUNDALK, EDGEWOOD, ELDERSBURG, ESSEX, FELLS POINT, FREDERICK, GAMBER, HARFORD FURNACE, HICKORY, MAGNOLIA, PARK HEIGHTS, PARK MILLS, PARKVILLE, RANDALLSTOWN, TOWSON, WESTMINSTER, AND WOODLAWN. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM EDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 448

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUMMARY A swath of damaging to severe gusts is expected across southern Lower Michigan over the next few hours. Scattered damaging gusts are also likely over portions of the Mid Atlantic. Otherwise, scattered wind damage and large hail are still expected from parts of Nebraska into Iowa today. Isolated to scattered severe storms remain possible extending eastward from the northern/central Plains into the Midwest and Tennessee Valley. 20Z Update The main change made to this outlook was to upgrade southern Lower MI to a Category 3/Enhanced Risk, driven by 30 percent/CIG1 wind probabilities. A cold-pool-driven MCS, with some bowing tendencies and a history of producing numerous measured gusts in the 60-70 mph, is rapidly approaching southern Lower MI. KGRR inbound velocity data shows a rear-inflow jet exists with this MCS, and surface observations/latest mesoanalysis show a favorable environment in place for bow-echo persistence. Surface temperatures are exceeding 90 F in spots, amid 70-75 F surface dewpoints, yielding a gradient of 1500-3500 J/kg MLCAPE. Up to 30 kts of effective bulk shear coincides with this buoyancy gradient, with vectors oriented normal to the MCS leading-line orientation. Therefore, the expectation is for a damaging wind swath to occur over southern Lower MI with the passage of this MCS. At least scattered gusts will likely exceed 50 kts in intensity, and a few of these gusts may exceed 75 mph. 30 percent wind-driven probabilities were also added over portions of eastern PA into far southeastern NY and NJ, where surface temperatures are exceeding 100 F in spots ahead of a developing multicellular cluster. While vertical wind shear is modest, the well-mixed boundary layer is yielding low-level lapse rates well over 8 C/km on a widespread basis, with corresponding DCAPE approaching 1500 J/kg. As such, several of the stronger storm cores may produce wet downbursts capable of at least tree/wire damage on a scattered basis, and a few severe gusts are also possible. Otherwise, the previous forecast (see below) remains on track.