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Note: The Tornado Watch has been replaced for the DC region. The initial watch issuance is below.
A Tornado Watch is in effect Thursday, August 8 to 7 am Friday, August 9, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, St. Mary’s, Washington.
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, Caroline, Westmoreland.
WEST VIRGINIA: Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Maryland
Eastern North Carolina
Central and eastern Virginia
The eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 635 PM until 700 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
A few tornadoes possible
SUMMARY…Convective bands with embedded supercells and the potential for a few tornadoes will persist overnight and spread northward from North Carolina into Virginia/Maryland with the remnants of tropical cyclone Debby.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Martinsburg WV to 35 miles east of Goldsboro NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…This tornado watch replaces tornado watch number 614. Watch number 614 will not be in effect after 635 PM EDT.