A Wind Advisory has just been issued for Arlington County.
The advisory says that gusty winds up to 45 mph may cause falling tree limbs and power outages. The advisory is in effect until 6 p.m.
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Weather
Arlington County is now under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning through 5:45 p.m.
A line of severe storms is approaching the Beltway from the northwest, packing potentially damaging winds and hail.
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A wayward weather balloon landed in a neighborhood near the East Falls Church Metro station today, frightening some residents and prompting the bomb squad to be called to the scene.
Police and Arlington County’s bomb squad were dispatched to the 6800 block of 19th Road N. just before 2 p.m. today, after a resident reported finding a tube with blinking lights in the front yard of a home, near an entrance to the W&OD Trail.
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Arlington and much of the D.C. and Baltimore metro area is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 p.m. tonight.
Though the storms are not expected to pack the punch of last night’s severe weather, damaging winds and hail are still possible.
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(Updated at 6:15 p.m.) Numerous traffic lights are reported to be dark in Arlington` amid severe storms in the area.
Traffic signals along N. Glebe Road, from just north of Ballston to the Old Dominion Drive intersection, were dark as of 5:45 p.m. In addition to the busy intersection of Lee Highway and N. Glebe Road, the signal at Lee Highway and N. George Mason Drive was also dark, prompting backups on westbound Lee (Route 29) from Cherrydale to the the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center.
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Update at 4:40 p.m. — A portion of northern and eastern Arlington County is now under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5:15 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA, Silver Spring MD until 5:15 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/4smPKfmN28
Update at 11:10 p.m. — A new Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Arlington and D.C. until 11:45 p.m.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA, Alexandria VA until 11:45 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/CYv7ic8tT1
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for a portion of Arlington County as a storm with a history of damaging winds approaches from the northwest.
The warning is in effect until 4 p.m.
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Update at 3:55 p.m. — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Arlington.
From the National Weather Service:
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Update at 6:20 p.m. — The watches have been canceled.
Update at 1:25 p.m. — A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has also been issued for Arlington, from 1:15-9 p.m.
For the third night in a row, parts of Arlington County are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
A line of storms approaching from the southwest has reached Arlington with potentially damaging winds and heavy rain. The rain may cause localized flooding, as Arlington remains under a Flash Flood Watch.
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Update at 2:30 p.m. — The National Weather Service just issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Arlington and the region.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of CT, DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA until 10 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/yiekPcpAsc