Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has expired for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the expiration is below.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 10 pm Thursday, June 26, 2025 including the following jurisdictions.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Cecil, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline.
VIRGINIA: Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Greene, King George, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Winchester, Clarke, Frederick, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren, Augusta, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Rockingham.
WEST VIRGINIA: Hampshire, Hardy, Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
Southern New Jersey
Southeast Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Coastal Waters
Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until 1000 PM EDT.
Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Widely scattered slow-moving thunderstorms will build across the watch area through the afternoon. Hot/humid conditions will promote a risk of locally damaging wind gusts in the strongest storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Allentown PA to 15 miles south southeast of Charlottesville VA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.