(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) A Tornado Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Warning are in effect for Fairfax County.
The watch is in effect until 9 p.m. today (Friday). Storms with heavy rain and strong winds are also expected this evening. Several surrounding localities across Northern Virginia, D.C. and Maryland are also covered by the alert.
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 3 p.m. today and covers parts of Northern Virginia and Maryland.
More from the National Weather Service on the Severe Thunderstorm Warning:
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR MONTGOMERY…SOUTHEASTERN LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTIES AND THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX…
AT 232 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHBURN TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. DULLES AIRPORT GUSTED TO 53 MPH.
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… GERMANTOWN, CENTREVILLE, ROCKVILLE, BETHESDA, GAITHERSBURG, RESTON, LEESBURG, OLNEY, SOUTH RIDING, HERNDON, FAIRFAX, VIENNA, DAMASCUS, BROADLANDS, LANSDOWNE, LOWES ISLAND, BRAMBLETON, PIMMIT HILLS, POOLESVILLE AND MCLEAN.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of DE, DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA until 9 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/7rMIgDS2AQ
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) April 26, 2019
11:45 AM FRI – Showers & t-storms will progress east across the region, with some storms becoming strong to locally severe with damaging winds and an isolated tornado possible. Most likely timing: 12-2 PM west of Blue Ridge, 2-4 PM metro areas, 4-6 PM southern MD & near the bay.
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) April 26, 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Germantown MD, Silver Spring MD, Centreville VA until 3:00 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/7GWxweSheR
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) April 26, 2019
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