WASHINGTON – Tornado warnings continue for parts of Maryland to the northeast of Baltimore.
According to FOX 5 meteorologists Mike Thomas and Caitlin Roth, the tornado touched down in Poolesville and was confirmed by spotters, tracking east at 20-25 miles per hour around7:14 p.m.
The tornado was near Germantown, Gaithersburg, Montgomery Village, North Potomac, and Boyds around 7:20 p.m., and moved through Gaithersburg just before 7:40 p.m.
Tornado in Gaithersburg caught LIVE on FOX 5
A tornado ripped across 270 in Gaithersburg in a “serious and potentially life-threatening storm,” according to FOX 5 meteorologist Mike Thomas.
“This rotation has been weakening and then strengthening. It’s been pulsating,” FOX 5’s Mike Thomas said. “Neelsville up there to the north, we want you to take shelter as well as this line continues to move eastward.”
“This to me is the most significant storm I’ve ever seen in the area,” Caitlin Roth said. “We saw it rotating, we saw it lofting debris into the air, we saw several power surges due to lighting strikes. And right now, that hook, that tornado which just crossed 270, you saw it on our skycam has now pushed off to the east, and it is right north and east of Gaithersburg. But it is a tornado on the move, and it is heading due east into more central sections of Montgomery County, in between Laytonsville and Olney. That’s where it’s going. It’s holding together. It’s got a lot of lightning with it, too.”
Damage has been reported with several downed trees in Gaithersburg.
The showers and storms drenched several neighborhoods Wednesday afternoon and they’re expected to continue into the evening.
Tornado warning issued for parts of Maryland and DC
Bryans Road, Indian Head, and Potomac Heights are all under a tornado warning until 3:15 p.m.
The National Weather Service says rainfall amounts of one to two inches are likely, with isolated amounts of three to four inches are possible.
Downpour in Hyattsville
It’s raining heavily in Hyattsville Wednesday afternoon.
DC region under Flood Watch as showers, thunderstorms threaten area
