8/7/2023 5:11:00 PM until 8/7/2023 5:45:00 PM

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central and north central Maryland...and northern Virginia.

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Carroll County in north central Maryland... Western Howard County in central Maryland... Montgomery County in central Maryland... Northern Prince Georges County in central Maryland... Southeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia... Northwestern Fairfax County in northern Virginia... Northwestern Prince William County in northern Virginia... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 511 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Poolesville to Herndon to near Haymarket, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 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... Germantown, Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Reston, Leesburg, Olney, South Riding, Herndon, Damascus, Broadlands, Lansdowne, Lowes Island, Brambleton, Poolesville, Dulles International Airport, Aspen Hill, Potomac, North Bethesda and Ashburn. HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH