Severe Thunderstorm Watch (5/3/25)

Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has expired for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the expiration is below.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 10 pm Saturday, May 3, 2025 including the following jurisdictions.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Cecil, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford.
VIRGINIA: Fredericksburg, Greene, Orange, Spotsylvania, Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Manassas, Manassas Park, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Clarke, Madison, Rappahannock, Warren.
WEST VIRGINIA: Jefferson.

Excerpted from the National Weather Service:

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Central into Northeast Maryland
Southeast Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
The Far Eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters

Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until 1000 PM EDT.

Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…Isolated to widely scattered supercells should pose some threat for severe hail around 1-1.5 inches in diameter and damaging winds late this afternoon into the evening. A tornado or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north of Baltimore MD to 65 miles southwest of Washington DC. 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.