Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 10:05 PM EDT on July 14, 2015
The National Weather Service has cancelled Severe Thunderstorm
Watch 426 for the following areas
The District of Columbia
In Maryland this cancels 6 counties
In central Maryland
Howard Montgomery Prince Georges
In north central Maryland
Carroll Frederick
In southern Maryland
Charles
In Virginia this cancels 12 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle King George Nelson
Orange Spotsylvania
In northern Virginia
Arlington Culpeper Fairfax
Fauquier Loudoun Prince William
Stafford
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…Arlington…Aspen Hill…
ballenger creek…Bethesda…Bowie…Camp Springs…Chantilly…
Clinton…College Park…Columbia…Crozet…Culpeper…
Dahlgren…Eldersburg…Ellicott City…Falmouth…Frederick…
Fredericksburg…Gaithersburg…Germantown…Gordonsville…
Greenbelt…Greenfield…Herndon…Laurel…Leesburg…Manassas…
Manassas Park…McLean…Orange…Potomac…Reston…Rockville…
Silver Spring…Spotsylvania courthouse…St. Charles…
Sterling…Suitland-Silver Hill…Waldorf…Warrenton…
Washington…Westminster and Woodbridge.
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND
NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY…ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER WEST VIRGINIA AND
EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TO
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA…EITHER MAINTAINING
INTENSITY OR (IF IT TEMPORARILY WEAKENS) STRENGTHENING AGAIN ONCE
ENCOUNTERING FAVORABLE AIR MASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
AS SUCH…DAMAGING GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AND ISOLATED…MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1419 FOR
METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH OF
DUBLIN VIRGINIA TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF
COLUM. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 426
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
VAC003-005-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-029-031-033-035-037-
043-045-047-049-059-061-063-065-067-069-071-075-077-079-083-085-
089-091-099-107-109-113-121-125-137-139-141-143-147-153-155-157-
161-163-165-171-173-177-179-185-187-197-510-530-540-580-590-600-
610-630-660-678-680-683-685-690-750-770-775-790-820-840-
150500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0426.150714T2240Z-150715T0500Z/
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBEMARLE ALLEGHANY AMHERST
APPOMATTOX ARLINGTON AUGUSTA
BATH BEDFORD BLAND
BOTETOURT BUCKINGHAM CAMPBELL
CAROLINE CARROLL CHARLOTTE
CLARKE CRAIG CULPEPER
CUMBERLAND FAIRFAX FAUQUIER
FLOYD FLUVANNA FRANKLIN
FREDERICK GILES GOOCHLAND
GRAYSON GREENE HALIFAX
HANOVER HENRY HIGHLAND
KING GEORGE LOUDOUN LOUISA
MADISON MONTGOMERY NELSON
ORANGE PAGE PATRICK
PITTSYLVANIA PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE WILLIAM
PULASKI RAPPAHANNOCK ROANOKE
ROCKBRIDGE ROCKINGHAM SHENANDOAH
SMYTH SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD
TAZEWELL WARREN WYTHE
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
ALEXANDRIA BUENA VISTA CHARLOTTESVILLE
COVINGTON DANVILLE FAIRFAX
FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG HARRISONBURG
LEXINGTON LYNCHBURG MANASSAS
MANASSAS PARK MARTINSVILLE RADFORD
ROANOKE SALEM STAUNTON
WAYNESBORO WINCHESTER
