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Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 p.m. from Blue Ridge to Chesapeake Bay

3 p.m. update

DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RESIDENTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE
AND WASHINGTON DC METRO AREAS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY
CLOSELY AND ENSURE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIOS ARE SET TO ALERT MODE.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY. HERE ARE SOME SAFETY
RULES TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS
OCCURRING.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE OR GREATER HAIL 
AND WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL 
WEATHER INFORMATION...CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR 
WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.

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From the National Weather Service’s Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office: 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 314
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 314 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

VAC013-047-059-061-079-099-107-113-137-153-157-177-179-510-600-
610-630-683-685-020200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0314.160701T1755Z-160702T0200Z/

VA
.    VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ARLINGTON            CULPEPER            FAIRFAX
FAUQUIER             GREENE              KING GEORGE
LOUDOUN              MADISON             ORANGE
PRINCE WILLIAM       RAPPAHANNOCK        SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD

VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

ALEXANDRIA           FAIRFAX             FALLS CHURCH
FREDERICKSBURG       MANASSAS            MANASSAS PARK

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