Severe Thunderstorm Watch (7/10/24)

 
Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has expired for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the expiration is below.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 10 pm Wednesday, July 10, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Cecil, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Charles, Allegany.
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, Rockingham, 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
Maryland
Southern Pennsylvania
Virginia
Far Eastern West Virginia
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until 1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…Scattered storms will continue to develop and intensify across the region, with the most sustained storms potentially focused across southern Pennsylvania, interior Maryland, into northern/central Virginia. Damaging winds will be the most common severe concern.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of Hagerstown MD to 40 miles east southeast of Lynchburg VA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.