Severe Thunderstorm Watch (3/5/25)

Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the upgrade is below.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 6 pm Wednesday, March 5, 2025 including the following jurisdictions.

MARYLAND: Charles, Calvert, St. Mary’s, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester, (added: Anne Arundel, Prince George’s).
VIRGINIA: Fredericksburg, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, Caroline.

Excerpted from the National Weather Service:

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Maryland
Eastern/Southeastern Virginia
Coastal Waters

Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1025 AM until 600 PM EST.

Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…A convective line is expected to continue eastward/northeastward into more of eastern/southeastern VA and southern MD over the next several hours. Strong wind fields across the region will support the potential for damaging gusts within this line. A low probability for a brief tornado or two also exists.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west southwest of Richmond VA to 20 miles east of Patuxent River MD. 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.