AccuWeather Exclusively Provides Numerous Life-Saving Tornado Warnings Ahead of All Other Known Sources in Maryland Tornado Outbreak
AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued numerous life-saving SkyGuard® Tornado Warnings, which in many cases provided significantly more advance notice than any other source.
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Videos captured throughout Maryland on the evening of June 5 show multiple tornadoes ripping across the state, leaving behind a trail of damage in towns like Gaithersburg.
Severe storms with damaging tornadoes hit parts of Maryland on June 5, 2024, knocking down trees on homes and other buildings in several areas. In just the most recent such example, AccuWeather customers and users were best prepared for rapidly developing and damaging tornadoes thanks to AccuWeather's life-saving warnings that, on most occasions, exclusively provided greater accuracy and more advance notice than those from any other known source.
AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued numerous life-saving SkyGuard® Tornado Warnings, which in many cases provided significantly more advance notice than any other source. These warnings benefited AccuWeather For Business SkyGuard® customers.
Contact AccuWeather's experts today to learn more about AccuWeather's SkyGuard® Warning Service so your business can be better prepared for severe weather.
Here are a few examples of how AccuWeather saved lives and enable customers to be better prepared:
• AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued a Tornado Warning for Dawsonville, Maryland, that exclusively provided 33 minutes of advance notice before the damaging tornado struck, 22 minutes of ADDITIONAL advanced notice or DOUBLE the advance notice of the NWS and other known sources, who provided only 11 minutes of advance notice. This valuable additional time, only provided by AccuWeather, enabled customers to be better prepared and offered more time for people to seek safe shelter ahead of the destructive tornado.
• In Gaithersburg, Maryland, AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued a Tornado Warning that exclusively provided 49 minutes of advance notice before a damaging tornado struck, 40 minutes of ADDITIONAL advance notice or over FOUR TIMES the advance notice of the NWS and other known sources, who only provided 9 minutes of advance notice before a damaging tornado struck.
• AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued a Tornado Warning that exclusively provided 37 minutes of advance notice, 26 minutes of ADDITIONAL advance notice as compared to the NWS and other known sources before a damaging tornado struck in the western part of Baltimore, MD, passing over I-95 and then moving toward downtown.
• AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologists issued a Tornado Warning that exclusively provided 30 minutes of advance notice, 8 minutes of ADDITIONAL advance notice as compared to the NWS and other known sources before a damaging tornado struck near Simpsonville, Maryland.
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More than 100 times every year, AccuWeather has been documented as providing more accurate, more advance notification of significant and extreme weather events that impact businesses and threaten the health, welfare, and lives of individuals. AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings.
A confirmed tornado tore through part of Maryland as thunderstorms swept through the Northeast on June 5.
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AccuWeather's SkyGuard Severe Weather Warning Service
AccuWeather SkyGuard® Severe Weather Warning Service protects people and facilities in emergencies and communicates instantly with a high level of accuracy through multiple channels and dissemination methods, all customized to the client's needs. SkyGuard warnings provide the most accurate, proactive notification of impending threats to specific locations when severe weather threatens human lives, facilities, or business operations – 24/7, 365 days a year. AccuWeather's team of expert meteorologists develop SkyGuard warnings specifically for the severe weather threats and locations that matter to each client, including tornadoes, hail, flooding, ice, black ice, high winds, lightning, and much more. SkyGuard warnings are backed by always on-call expert consultants to help businesses and institutions make early, actionable decisions.
Contact AccuWeather's experts today to learn more about AccuWeather's SkyGuard® Warning Service so your business can be better prepared for severe weather.
