Heavy storms cause hundreds of blocked roads in Baltimore City

BALTIMORE -- More than 180 Baltimore roads were completely blocked by trees that were broken during heavy thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon, according to Mayor Brandon Scott.

Scott made the announcement via X, formerly twitter, stating that his team was monitoring the storm and had teams ready to deploy to clear roads as soon as lightning cleared the area. 

WJZ First Alert Meteorologist Dawn Brown said a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9 p.m. Strong storms capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and flooding rainfall are possible.

Residents of Baltimore City are being urged to stay off the roads and report downed trees and traffic signal outages to 311.