June 13, 2013
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Get off the road. Planes, especially small private planes need to rethink their flight plans.

These are the kind of winds that pick up tractor trailers and throw them around the road.

By Scott Dance
The Baltimore Sun
June 13, 2013  

Severe storms (click here) are forecast across Maryland and much of the mid-Atlantic Thursday afternoon, bringing potential for damaging wind gusts, heavy rains and flooding, and isolated tornadoes. But the highest risk for dangerous conditions has shifted to the south.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Baltimore and Baltimore, Harford, Howard and Anne Arundel counties through 7 p.m. A flash flood watch was meanwhile in effect across the state through 8 p.m.

A few wind gusts as strong as 70 mph are possible, along with an inch or more of rain, and some isolated tornadoes, according to the weather service....

Cat One hurricanes start at 74 mph. This is worse than a hurricane. At least hurricanes are sustained winds that can be compensated from, but, straight line winds are not sustained, they are gusts.
 
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