Severe Thunderstorm Watch (8/29/24)

 
Note: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent watch issuance before the cancellation is below.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 11 pm Thursday, August 29, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Allegany, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Washington.
VIRGINIA: Albemarle, Alexandria, Arlington, Augusta, Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Fauquier, Fredericksburg, Frederick, Greene, Harrisonburg, Highland, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Manassas, Manassas Park, Nelson, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Staunton, Waynesboro, Warren, Winchester.
WEST VIRGINIA: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton.

Excerpted from the National Weather Service:

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Maryland
South-Central Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Far Eastern West Virginia
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until 1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY…Scattered storms will continue to increase, intensify, and potentially organize as they persist through early/mid-evening, with localized wind damage and some hail possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Harrisburg PA to 20 miles south of Staunton VA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.