3 p.m. update
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METRO AREAS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND ENSURE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIOS ARE SET TO ALERT MODE. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY. HERE ARE SOME SAFETY RULES TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE OR GREATER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10pm EDT Friday for an area from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. pic.twitter.com/GxO7x9qaWK
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) July 1, 2016
From the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office:Â
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 314 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 155 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 314 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS VAC013-047-059-061-079-099-107-113-137-153-157-177-179-510-600- 610-630-683-685-020200- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0314.160701T1755Z-160702T0200Z/ VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ARLINGTON CULPEPER FAIRFAX FAUQUIER GREENE KING GEORGE LOUDOUN MADISON ORANGE PRINCE WILLIAM RAPPAHANNOCK SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE ALEXANDRIA FAIRFAX FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG MANASSAS MANASSAS PARK
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