CANCELED – CANCELED – CANCELED
Tornado Watch
Statement as of 12:42 PM EST on February 28, 2011
The National Weather Service has canceled Tornado Watch 32 for
the following areas
The District of Columbia
In Virginia this cancels 13 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Greene Nelson
Orange Spotsylvania
In northern Virginia
Arlington Culpeper Fairfax
Fauquier Prince William Stafford
In northwest Virginia
Madison Rappahannock
In Virginia this cancels 7 independent cities
In central Virginia
Charlottesville City of Fredericksburg
In northern Virginia
City of Alexandria City of Fairfax City of Falls Church
City of Manassas City of Manassas Park
This includes the cities of…Alexandria…Arlington…
Chantilly…Charlottesville…Charlottesville…Culpeper…
Fairfax…Falls church…Falmouth…Fredericksburg…Greenfield…
Madison…Manassas…Manassas Park…McLean…Orange…Reston…
Spotsylvania courthouse…Stanardsville…Warrenton…
Washington…Washington and Woodbridge.
TORNADO WATCH!
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
900 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSBURG
WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
