Woodbridge, Va. –– A line of severe thunderstorms moved through the Potomac Communities late Thursday night bringing reports of ping pong-ball size hail in Woodbridge.
Much of the area was placed under a severe thunderstorm warning by the National Weather Service shortly after 11 p.m. The slow-moving storms brought heavy rain, high winds and dangerous lightning.
Large hail was also reported, according to the weather service.
The storms came after the region saw nearly record-breaking temperatures on Thursday.
Reagan Washington National Airport flirted with the 100 degree mark for much of the afternoon, and by 3:52 p.m. the mercury had reached 101 degrees. Add four to five degrees to that temperature for the heat index and that’s what people felt when they ventured out of the air conditioning.
A heat advisory was in effect throughout the day, expiring at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Temperatures will fall back into the lower 90s on Friday and into the high 80s for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
The possibility of showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast over the next three days.
Unedited video of lightning rolling through Lake Ridge just before midnight Thursday.
