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 7 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 including the following jurisdictions.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Cecil, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Dorchester.
VIRGINIA: Fredericksburg, King George, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Eastern Maryland
Southern New Jersey
Southeast Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Coastal Waters
Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until 700 PM EDT.
Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms will spread eastward across the watch area through the afternoon. The strongest cells will be capable of localized damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia PA to 55 miles southeast of Washington DC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.