Update at 8:40 p.m. — Closures along Lee Highway and N. Glebe Road, among others, are expected to remain in place into the morning rush hour, according to Arlington Alert.
INCIDENT: Weather Related Closures
LOCATION: County-Wide
IMPACT: Closures expected into the morning commute: Lee HW btwn John Marshall Dr & Nottingham, N Barton btwn 10th & 12th St N, 11th St N btwn Cleveland & 2300 blk, N Glebe Rd btwn 50 & Henderson pic.twitter.com/66GpWKVIub
Arlington County and surrounding areas are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 4:30 p.m.
More from the National Weather Service:
Update at 2:50 p.m. — The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been cancelled by the National Weather Service.
Update at 2:30 p.m. — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Arlington.
Update at 4:20 p.m. — The storm passed quickly, but not before dropping enough snow-like graupel and hail to whiten the ground.
Hail and #graupel
High Wind Warning Today — Arlington is now under a High Wind Warning until 6 p.m. today. Gusty winds knocked out power in a number of areas overnight. As of 8 a.m., more than 250 Dominion customers in Arlington were still without power. [Twitter, Weather.gov]
American Legion Project Approved — “The Arlington County Board today approved a redevelopment plan to replace the aging American Legion Post 39 at 3445 Washington Blvd. with a seven-story building that will include 160 affordable units atop a new Post 139. In a related action, the Board allocated a $5.79 million loan from the County’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund to help build the project.” [Arlington County]
Arlington County is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning as strong storms approach.
The National Weather Service issued the warning just before 8:35 p.m. It is in effect, at least initially, through 9:15 p.m.
Update at 7:45 p.m. — There have been reports of downed trees, branches and power lines in Arlington, but no major power outages have been reported by Dominion. Flights are Reagan National Airport are resuming.
No major flooding issues have been reported, though ARLnow.com’s office sprung a leak during the storm.
(Updated at 3:45 p.m.) A Winter Storm Warning is set to take effect overnight tonight, as a snowstorm bears down on the D.C. area.
Forecasters say 4-8 inches of heavy snow accumulation is likely for Arlington and the immediate metro area, though even snow is possible.
Arlington County is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8:15 p.m. tonight.
A strong storm is heading towards Arlington from the northwest, forecasters say. Very heavy rain and damaging wind is possible with the storm.
(Update at 8:10 p.m.) A storm packing torrential rain, hail, thunder, lightning and strong wind gusts rolled through Arlington Thursday evening.
As of 8 p.m., nearly 2,600 Dominion customers in Arlington were still without power, according to the utility’s website. The primary outage is located along Lee Highway, between East Falls Church and N. Harrison Street, where downed trees and power lines were reported.
Arlington is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning through 5:45 p.m. today (Monday).
The National Weather Service says a strong storm is heading toward Arlington, packing heavy rain and wind.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA, Alexandria VA until 5:15 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/g5kbbFkLly
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) July 14, 2017
