Severe Thunderstorm Watch (8/18/24)

 
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 Sunday, August 18, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Cecil, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Harford, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester.
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, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Rockingham.
WEST VIRGINIA: Berkeley, Jefferson.

Excerpted from the National Weather Service:

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until 1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms will increase in coverage through the afternoon across the watch area. The more intense storms will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles east of Charlottesville VA to 40 miles east northeast of Wilkesbarre PA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.