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Note: The Tornado Watch has been canceled for the DC region. The initial watch issuance is below.
A Tornado Watch is in effect to 2 pm 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, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester.
VIRGINIA: Fredericksburg, King George, Spotsylvania, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
Much of New Jersey
Southeast New York
Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
Eastern and Northern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 615 AM until 200 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
A few tornadoes possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
SUMMARY…Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this morning into the early afternoon as a warm front advances northward across the Watch area. Several supercells will likely develop and the stronger storms will potentially yield a risk for tornadoes. Isolated damaging gusts may also accompany the more intense storms.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of Monticello NY to 50 miles south southwest of Patuxent River MD. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.