Tornado Warnings for NOVA, DC area

[HipChick]

Groundstops at National and Dulles airports....Skies are looking pretty ugly..

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
southwestern Montgomery County in central Maryland...
southeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia...
the western city of Fairfax in northern Virginia...
northwestern Fairfax County in northern Virginia...

* until 645 PM EDT.

* At 612 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Leesburg, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Hazard... tornado and ping pong Ball size hail.

Source... radar indicated rotation.

Impact... for those in the direct path of a tornado touchdown,
flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Damage to roofs, siding, and windows may occur.
Mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed. Tree damage is
likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
Lansdowne around 620 PM EDT.
Broadlands and Brambleton around 625 PM EDT.
Arcola around 630 PM EDT.
Ashburn and Countryside around 635 PM EDT.
Dulles international Airport around 640 PM EDT.
Reston, Herndon, Lowes Island, Oakton, Sterling, Chantilly and
Great Falls around 645 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Congressional Manor, Belmont, Belleview, Sterling Park, Bradley
Farms, Cabin John and Fairfax Station.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Take cover now! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
Mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

[MontanaMama]

1. Wait.

Is that normal for northern Virginia? I used to live outside Leesburg and I can’t recall tornado warnings. Yikes. Stay safe DUers.

[marylandblue]

3. They issue more tornado warnings than they used to

Most of them don't result in actual tornados, but this particular line of storms is very strong and unstable.

[MontanaMama]

5. Kick to get this out there.

🤞for you.

[marylandblue]

6. Thanks, the storm looks like it's about to hit my location.

Skies got dark all of a sudden.

[HipChick]

8. Stay safe....I would hate to be stuck on the beltway in the middle of this..

[Sophiegirl]

9. I live in Vienna/Dunn Loring

Lots of wind. Lots of rain. Some lightening and thunder. The front came through pretty quickly. Now they are calling for local flooding.

I think they call tornado warnings more frequently because of the improvement in meteorological technology. I grew up in Tornado Alley. My feeling is, better safe than sorry.

I’ve been in a storm shelter when a twister blew through. I was nine and in Texas. I will never forget it. Also got stung by a scorpion down in that dark bunker. That was the worst!

[bottomofthehill]

14. I was in the joy of the 395 HoV lane and thought I would wash away

[HipChick]

4. I would not say it's normal, though storms do get quite violent...but I don't recall them being this

early in the season...

[malaise]

2. K & R for visibility

Stay safe DUers

[DemSoc]

7. K & R . n/t

[appalachiablue]

10. Storm in NoVa, headed into Suburban, MD now. Probably not a Derecho

as alerted an hour ago. Good.

Late 1980s, Tornado hit NW DC, CC-Beth., MD. Many large trees & power lines down all over, electricity out 4 days.

[Yonnie3]

11. Marine One couldn't ferry 'rump back home due to the weather.

Pool reports:

Just before 6:30 pm ET, the presidential motorcade departed Walter Reed under stormy conditions to head back to the White House. The motorcade headed toward the beltway, part of which is currently under a tornado warning as Derecho Fever grips Washington DC.

At 6:59 p.m. ET, President Trump and his motorcade arrived back on White House grounds under heavy rain in Washington, DC.

About a half hour in this weather on the beltway! I wonder how much longer the ordinary folks on the beltway took because of him. He could have lengthened his visit until the storms passed through. I guess an hour was all he could stand visiting Melania.

[Hortensis]

12. Bump. Storm front heading SE into coastal area,

severe storm watch now until 9 p.m.

[Hobo]

13. Here in Kansas too. Eom