Skip to content Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired for the DC region. The most recent warning issuances before the expiration are below.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect to 8:45 pm Saturday, September 21, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
VIRGINIA: northeastern Loudoun.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia…
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 810 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Purcellville, or 10 miles southeast of Charles Town, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles.
* Locations impacted include…
Leesburg, Hillsboro, Paeonian Springs, Lucketts, and Waterford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.