Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Baltimore, MD - ABC2 and Maryland's Most Powerful weather radar is monitoring a strong cluster of showers and thunderstorms that will move into the city limits. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been posted for Anne Arundel and Howard counties until midnight.

What to expect:

Hail, Thunderstorm wind gusts to 65mph and dangerous cloud to ground lightning.

    REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

   DISCUSSION...A SMALL CUSTER OF PERSISTENT AND ORGANIZED STORMS
   CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NRN VA THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH AN
   APPROACHING LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH CROSSING THE
   APPALACHIANS. LIFT WITH THE SHORT WAVE WAS ARRIVING COINCIDENT WITH
   DIURNAL MAXIMUM IN INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS WILL
   LIKELY SUSTAIN THE PROSPECTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EAST ACROSS
   THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A VEERED DEEP-LAYER WIND PROFILE
   EVIDENT ON LWX VWP WAS RESULTING IN ADEQUATE SR FLOW AND SHEAR FOR
   UPDRAFTS TO ACQUIRE OCCASIONAL MODEST ROTATION AND LARGE HAIL HAS
   BEEN REPORTED FROM A COUPLE OF THE CELLS MOVING ACROSS THE WV/VA
   BORDER.