Note: The Tornado Watch has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the cancellation is below.
A Tornado Watch is in effect Thursday, April 11 to 1 am Friday, April 12, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
VIRGINIA: Albemarle, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Greene, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern Delaware
Eastern Maryland
Northern North Carolina
Southern and eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM until 700 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Scattered severe storm development is expected this afternoon along and east of a surface front and deepening cyclone moving across Virginia. The storm environment will favor a mix of line segments and supercells capable of producing a couple of tornadoes, damaging gusts of 60-75 mph, and isolated large hail of 1-1.5 inches in diameter.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Salisbury MD to 30 miles southeast of Danville VA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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.
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