Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the cancellation is below.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 10 pm Monday, April 15, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester.
VIRGINIA: Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Greene, King George, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Clarke. Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren, Augusta, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Highland, Rockingham, Westmoreland, Orange, Caroline.
WEST VIRGINIA: Grant, Hardy, Pendleton.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Southern Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
Virginia
Central and Eastern West Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Broken bands of strong to severe thunderstorms are
forecast to develop this afternoon and move east-southeast through
the mid evening. Scattered severe gusts capable of wind damage will
be possible with the stronger cores and outflow winds. Large hail
may accompany the early cellular storm activity.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Beckley WV to 30 miles east southeast of Wallops VA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
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The latest severe thunderstorm watch in the Washington, DC region for Monday, April 15, 2024 has been posted.