Tornado Watch Issued For DC, NoVA; Heavy Rain, Hail Possible

WASHINGTON, DC — Nationwide Climate Service issued a twister watch Friday morning for the Washington, D.C. metro area, together with all of Virginia east of I-81 and areas of Maryland east of Hagerstown. The watch is in impact till 2 p.m.

Tornadoes can develop shortly from extreme thunderstorms and NWS warns residents to take shelter if one is reported of their space.

Drivers can count on regionally heavy rain, which may scale back visibility and trigger accumulations of water within the roadways. Minor flooding could happen in streams, creeks and low-lying areas.

The storms may additionally convey robust winds that might convey down timber and energy traces, inflicting energy outages throughout the area.

A twister warning was in impact till 7:45 a.m. for Bedford and Amherst, Virginia, that are situated east off the Shenandoah Mountains and south of Lynchburg.

NWS radar recognized a extreme thunderstorm able to producing rotation over Naola or Large Island in northeastern and central Amherst counties. The storm was transferring northeast at 40 mph.

A “twister watch” implies that climate situations exist that might produce a twister. A “twister warning” implies that a twister has been reported and folks within the space ought to instantly search shelter.

Accuweather reported that each one or a part of the next areas have been underneath a flood watch from 11 a.m. via Friday night:

Washington, D.C.

Maryland: Frederick and Baltimore; Anne Arundel, Carroll, Cecil, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s and Harford counties

Virginia: Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, Manassas, and Manassas Park; Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William counties.

West Virginia: Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties.

Memorial Day Weekend Forecast

An opportunity of showers is anticipated within the Washington, D.C. metro area on Friday morning, presumably switching over to thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Some climate could possibly be extreme, presumably bringing damaging winds and heavy rain, in response to NWS. Wind gusts could possibly be as excessive as 22 mph.

Showers and thunderstorms will proceed primarily till 11 p.m. on Friday, in response to NWS. New rainfall could drop between one-half and three-quarters an inch of rain on the area.

There might be a slight likelihood of a thunderstorm forming after 2 p.m., on Saturday. In any other case, the day might be largely sunny, with a excessive close to 80 levels and a 20 p.c likelihood of precipitation.

In a single day on Saturday, the skies might be largely clear, with temperatures round 61 levels. Calm climate will comply with after midnight and proceed into Sunday, with a excessive close to 84, in response to NWS.

Memorial Day might be sunny, with a excessive close to 84 through the day and a low round 65 within the night, NWS says.

Accuweather predicts that the vacation weekend within the Northeast will begin off moist after which dry out because the weekend progresses. Rainstorms will proceed via Saturday however the solar will start to peek via on Sunday.

“Regardless that it’s unlikely to rain all the time anyplace within the area from Friday night via Saturday, embedded inside the showers might be localized torrential downpours and pockets of sturdy thunderstorms,” in response to Accuweather’s forecast. “Just a few areas could possibly be saddled with temporary flooding points and/or damaging wind gusts and frequent lightning strikes.”

Count on Monday to be sunny and dry, with temperatures within the mid-80s, in response to Accuweather’s forecast.

Right here is the Nationwide Climate Service’s forecast for Memorial Day weekend within the Washington, D.C. metro area:

Friday: An opportunity of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and presumably a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some storms could possibly be extreme, with damaging winds and heavy rain. Excessive close to 79. South wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as excessive as 22 mph. Likelihood of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall quantities between a half and three quarters of an inch doable.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, primarily earlier than 11pm. Low round 63. South wind 5 to 9 mph turning into west after midnight. Likelihood of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall quantities between 1 / 4 and half of an inch doable.

Saturday: A slight likelihood of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Largely sunny, with a excessive close to 80. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Likelihood of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night time: Largely clear, with a low round 61. West wind round 6 mph turning into calm after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a excessive close to 84. Calm wind turning into southwest round 5 mph.

Sunday Night time: Largely clear, with a low round 65.

Memorial Day: Sunny, with a excessive close to 91.

Monday Night time: Largely clear, with a low round 71.