A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect to 11 pm Sunday, June 30, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARYLAND: Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Carroll, Frederick, 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, Orange, Spotsylvania, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Madison, Rappahannock, Westmoreland, Caroline.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Central and Southern Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
Northern North Carolina
Southern New Jersey
Northern, Central, and Eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
1100 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…Thunderstorms are expected to continue developing while posing a threat for mainly scattered damaging winds as they move east-southeastward this afternoon and evening. The strongest gusts may reach 55-70 mph on a localized basis. Isolated hail up to 1-1.5 inches in diameter may also occur with the strongest thunderstorms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest of Dover DE to 15 miles southeast of Roanoke Rapids NC. For complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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.
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The latest severe thunderstorm watch in the Washington, DC region for Sunday, June 30, 2024 has been posted.