The earlier Tornado Watch for Arlington and the D.C. area has been cancelled.
Despite the high-end severe storm threat fizzling, additional storms are expected Monday evening.
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Arlington and much of the D.C. area is now under a Tornado Watch.
The watch was issued just before 2:30 p.m. and is set to remain in effect until 10 p.m.
Arlington and the D.C. area are under a Tornado Watch until midnight.
The watch was issued around 5 p.m. Friday, after weather models suggested a risk of severe storms, some of which might spawn tornados.
Arlington County is under a Tornado Watch tonight (Monday) amid a threat of severe weather.
Much of the D.C. area is under the watch, which was issued shortly before 4 p.m. and is set to remain in effect until 11 p.m.
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(Updated at 5:25 p.m.) A Tornado Warning was issued for part of Arlington and the entire county is under Flash Flood and Severe Thunderstorm warnings.
The warnings were all initially issued between about 4:15-4:25 p.m., with forecasters saying there was imminent danger of a tornado in parts of South Arlington and flash flooding throughout the county.
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(Updated at 3 p.m.) A widespread outbreak of severe weather is expected this evening, prompting a Tornado Watch for Arlington and much of the region.
Forecasters say the threats include “damaging and locally destructive hurricane-force winds, along with the potential for large hail and tornadoes, even strong tornadoes.”
Springtime is upon us and that means more frequent severe weather outbreaks.
To prepare residents, the Commonwealth of Virginia is holding its annual statewide tornado drill today at 9:45 a.m. A test alert will be broadcast on NOAA Weather Radio and the Emergency Alert System, but should not trigger mobile phone alerts.
Arlington and much of the D.C. area is under both a Tornado Watch and a Flood Watch today.
Strong storms with damaging wind, large hail and torrential downpours are possible today, forecasters say.
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Update at 9:20 p.m. — There are Metro delays after a tornado might have touched down in the Tysons area.
Silver Line Delay: Trains are single tracking btwn McLean & Tysons Corner due to a track obstruction at Tysons Corner. Expect delays in both directions.
Crashed Car Still Along Riverbank — “Two months after a man’s car careened two hundred feet off George Washington Parkway in Virginia, the National Park Service is developing a plan to remove the vehicle from an embankment next to the Potomac River… Police tape surrounds the car, which remains resting upside down. The driver’s papers and personal belongings are still scattered next to the car, which has graffiti painted on it.” [Patch]
February Rents Up Slightly — “The median monthly rental for an apartment in the county last month was $1,982 for a one-bedroom unit and $2,399 for two bedrooms, according to data reported March 1 by Apartment List. Compared to the period immediately preceding the arrival of the pandemic in March 2020, Arlington rents are up 0.5 percent.” [Sun Gazette]
Four years ago, we asked why a stick of deodorant was on top of a Clarendon bus stop.
Today, a new mystery: why is there a cheap plastic chair resting in a treetop in a Rosslyn park? A reader sent us the photos above, showing the chair lodged in some tree branches well above a pedestrian pathway.
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(Updated at noon) The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred may cause more than just heavy rain today.
Arlington and most of the D.C. area is now under a Tornado Watch. The watch is in effect until 8 p.m.