UPDATE: Storms, Damaging Winds Possible Sunday, Tornado Warning Expired

Take cover immediately, according to the National Weather Service.

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.) -- There's a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 2:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The warning includes Baltimore City and Southern Baltimore County. In addition, severe storms are bringing winds of 40-50 mph to Baltimore County, including in Owings Mills, Reisterstown, Hampstead and Chester, according to an NWS special weather statement. (1:20 p.m.) A severe storm that the National Weather Service said could have produced a tornado, began passing through Pikesville at about 1:10 p.m. Sunday. The tornado warning is now over, but a hazardous weather outlook remains in effect through tonight. It calls for thunderstorms with heavy downpours and possible flash flooding. Also, one of these storms …

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YOUR PHOTOS: Severe Storm, Water Rescues, Outages in Baltimore County

More than 11,800 customers in Baltimore County lost power on Tuesday night, BGE reported.

UPDATE (12:57 a.m., Aug. 15)—A severe storm tore through Baltimore County on Tuesday night, knocking out power to thousands of residents, causing at least one lightning-related fire and sending emergency crews on nearly a dozen water rescues. Quarter-sized pieces of hail and dramatic lightning displays on the county's east side added to the storm's spectacle. Conditions capable of creating a tornado were also reported in the Bowleys Quarters/Middle River area, according to the National Weather Service. Take video or snap any photos of the storm? Add them to the gallery. Did you lose power in Baltimore County? Tell us how the storm impacted your neighborhood in the comments. According to the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company power outage …

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Woman Says She Saw Tornado in Parkville

The wind on Ellen Avenue toppled trees and caused a gas leak and power outage, residents said.

Pam McCordell of Parkville can't quite understand what is taking the National Weather Service so long to determine if a tornado hit the Parkville area last night. The Ellen Avenue resident has no doubts about what shook the homes on her street, toppled trees and broke a gas line that forced an evacuation of her and her neighbors. "It was definitely a tornado," McCordell said. "A low roaring woke me up and before I knew it, it sounded like a freight train. I looked right out this window and saw it coming down the street." Her neighbor John Fouts also believes it was a tornado that came roaring up their street, just off Old Harford Road and several miles north of the Dutch Village apartments on the city line where most of the damage from …

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