Arlington County is currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
From the National Weather Service:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 10:25PM EDT TUE UNTIL 11:15PM EDT TUE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA… CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… EAST CENTRAL ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA…
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1025 PM EDT… A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TAKOMA PARK… OR OVER LANGLEY PARK… MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD… 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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… CLINTON… COLLEGE PARK… FORT WASHINGTON… GREENBELT… LANGLEY PARK… BELTSVILLE… FORESTVILLE… LARGO… CORAL HILLS… BLADENSBURG… NATIONAL HARBOR… GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY… NATIONALS PARK… REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT… RFK STADIUM… HOWARD UNIVERSITY… ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE… FORT TOTTEN AND BYRD STADIUM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM… AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS… SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE TREES… MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON’T DRIVE UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.