Maryland Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/18/2026 15:23

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 6:23PM EDT until July 18 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 18, 2026 - 3:23pm
Expires: 
July 18, 2026 - 4:15pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 623 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Agner to 8 miles north of Taylors Island, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Hurlock, Secretary, and University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Studies around 630 PM EDT. Cambridge around 635 PM EDT. Taylors Island around 645 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Galestown, Madison, Brookview, Eldorado, Andrews, Hudson, Church Creek, Lloyds, Taylors Island, and Woolford.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description: 
Dorchester, MD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA