Update at 4:15 p.m. — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has now been issued for most of Arlington.
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
407 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning…
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 407 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bull Run, or 8 miles southwest of Centreville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles.
* Locations impacted include… Arlington, Alexandria, Centreville, Waldorf, Dale City, Annandale, Clinton, Springfield, Fort Washington, Fairfax, Fort Hunt, Vienna, Groveton, Falls Church, Huntington, Coral Hills, Mantua, Fort Belvoir, Woodbridge and National Harbor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA and Alexandria VA until 4:45 PM EDT. This storm will contain wind gusts to 70 MPH! pic.twitter.com/5yObaSXzcn
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) May 16, 2022
Earlier: Arlington and surrounding areas are now under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
The watch is in effect until 9 p.m.
Severe storms are possible late this afternoon into the evening, forecasters say. The storms could pack damaging winds and hail.
More from social media:
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia until 9 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/vr7vujJl8A
— NWS Severe Tstorm (@NWSSevereTstorm) May 16, 2022
Weather Service likely to issue severe storm watch for DMV shortly. We expect hit or miss late afternoon and early evening storms. While not everyone will get storms, any storms that do form could produce damaging winds/hail.
Update: https://t.co/nffp1ykYD7 pic.twitter.com/wyKWKvGXfH— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 16, 2022
SPC has tightened their “enhanced risk” over our area to take a focus more on the I-95 and areas to the east. These are the areas most likely to get out under a severe thunderstorm watch soon. Latest HRRR (shown) has some clearing to DC, then storm re-firing between 4-6pm. ⛈ pic.twitter.com/KvjbHBjX9X
— Mike Thomas (@MikeTFox5) May 16, 2022
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