The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Montgomery County and surrounding areas until 9:00pm tonight.

A line of thunderstorms moving eastward this afternoon and evening could bring locally damaging wind gusts of up to 65 mph, the agency said.

Forecasters offered the following recommendations:

 If you are outdoors and hear thunder, go indoors! If you can hear thunder, you can be hit by lightning!
 Keep your cellular devices charged tonight in case there are localized power outages.
 Always have multiple ways to receive warnings.