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 8 pm Saturday, September 6, 2025 including the following jurisdictions.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore City, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Connecticut
Delaware
Massachusetts
Northeast Maryland
Western and Central Maine
Southern New Hampshire
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Southeast Vermont
Coastal Waters
Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until 800 PM EDT.
Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms are beginning to develop along a boundary from central Maryland northeastward into parts of New York/Vermont. These storms will intensify through the afternoon, with locally severe storms expected. Damaging winds will be the main risk with the stronger cells, although a few could also produce hail and perhaps a tornado or two.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Wilmington DE to 25 miles east of Bangor ME. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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.