Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued October 16 at 5:09PM EDT until October 16 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 686 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ANNE ARUNDEL HOWARD MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND CARROLL FREDERICK IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND CECIL IN NORTHERN MARYLAND BALTIMORE BALTIMORE CITY HARFORD IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND CALVERT CHARLES ST. MARYS IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG GREENE KING GEORGE ORANGE SPOTSYLVANIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARLINGTON CITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY OF FAIRFAX CITY OF FALLS CHURCH CITY OF MANASSAS CITY OF MANASSAS PARK CULPEPER FAIRFAX FAUQUIER LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM STAFFORD IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA MADISON RAPPAHANNOCK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ABINGDON, ADAMS MORGAN, ADEN, AIRLIE, ALEXANDRIA, ALSOP, ANDORA, ANNANDALE, ANNAPOLIS, APPLETON, ARKENDALE, ARLINGTON, ARNOLD, BALLENGER CREEK, BALLSTON, BALTIMORE, BARCROFT, BARKSDALE, BAY VIEW, BETHEL, BETHESDA, BLAKE, BOHEMIAS MILLS, BOWIE, BOYDS, BRANTWOOD, BROKENBURG, BROOKFIELD, BROOMES ISLAND, BUCKEYSTOWN, BURKE, BURR HILL, BYNUM, CALIFORNIA, CALLAWAY, CARDOVA, CATALPA, CATONSVILLE, CHANTILLY, CHERRYDALE, CHESAPEAKE BEACH, CHESTER GAP, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, COLLEGE PARK, COLUMBIA, COUNTRYSIDE, COVE POINT, CULPEPER, DAHLGREN, DALE CITY, DAMERON, DRUM POINT, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DUNDALK, DUNKIRK, EDGEWOOD, ELDERSBURG, ESSEX, EVERONA, FAIRFAX, FAIRFAX STATION, FALLS CHURCH, FALMOUTH, FELLS POINT, FIVE FORKS, FORDSVILLE, FOUR CORNERS, FREDERICK, FREDERICKSBURG, GAITHERSBURG, GAMBER, GARRISONVILLE, GATEWOOD, GERMANTOWN, GLEEDSVILLE, GLEN BURNIE, GLENDIE, GLENMONT, GREENBELT, HARFORD FURNACE, HICKORY, HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY, INDEPENDENT HILL, LAHORE, LAKE RIDGE, LANGLEY, LEESBURG, LEXINGTON PARK, LONG BEACH, LUCKETTS, MADISON MILLS, MADISON RUN, MAGNOLIA, MANASSAS, MANASSAS PARK, MASSAPONAX, MCLEAN, MONTCLAIR, MONTPELIER, MOUNT HARMONY, NASONS, OAK GROVE, ORANGE, PARK HEIGHTS, PARK MILLS, PARKVILLE, PARTLOW, PINEY POINT, POST OAK, RANDALLSTOWN, RAPIDAN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, RESTON, REVA, RIDGE, RIDGEWAY, RIVERCREST, ROLLINS FORK, ROSSLYN, SEVERN, SEVERNA PARK, SHADY GROVE, SHILOH, SILVER SPRING, SIMPSONVILLE, SOTTERLEY, SOUTH GATE, SPOTSYLVANIA COURT, ST. CHARLES, STERLING PARK, STEVENSBURG, SUITLAND-SILVER HILL, TANTALLON, TOWSON, TURNBULL, TWYMANS MILL, UNIONVILLE, WALDORF, WARRENTON, WASHINGTON, WESTMINSTER, WIDEWATER, WINSTON, WOODBRIDGE, WOODLAWN, AND WOODSTOCK.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- District of Columbia, DC; Anne Arundel, MD; Baltimore, MD; Calvert, MD; Carroll, MD; Cecil, MD; Charles, MD; Frederick, MD; Harford, MD; Howard, MD; Montgomery, MD; Prince Georges, MD; St. Marys, MD; Baltimore City, MD; Arlington, VA; Culpeper, VA; Fairfax, VA; Fauquier, VA; Greene, VA; King George, VA; Loudoun, VA; Madison, VA; Orange, VA; Prince William, VA; Rappahannock, VA; Spotsylvania, VA; Stafford, VA; City of Alexandria, VA; City of Fairfax, VA; City of Falls Church, VA; City of Fredericksburg, VA; City of Manassas, VA; City of Manassas Park, VA
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-16T17:09:00-04:00
- states
- ["DC","MD","VA"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T17:09:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b9f6ab8ba82df15ef62092a0d196edfc7f446c18.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d54ee2455aac6dec777a7dd5b6efa7d01b64729e.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a64b59996c32260439e11cfc52cb3a12c3d1c55.002.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d0bab2e56103197eb32cb799f9f575bcdeea466b.002.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bac417dc98e5ae8f4ebd34d99395b5f61a806b8f.002.1"]
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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