Tornado Watch Issued for DC, Maryland, and Virginia

Alert Montgomery issued the following alert on Friday, May 30: “A Tornado Watch has been issued for Montgomery County until 12:00 am Saturday, 5/31. Be alert for rapidly changing weather conditions and be prepared to take shelter if a warning is issued.”

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), “THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 350 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
ANNE ARUNDEL HOWARD
MONTGOMERY
PRINCE GEORGES

IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND
CARROLL FREDERICK
WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND
CECIL

IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE CITY
HARFORD

IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
CALVERT CHARLES
ST. MARYS

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG
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

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALEXANDRIA, ANNAPOLIS, ARLINGTON, ARNOLD, ASPEN HILL, BALLENGER CREEK, BALTIMORE, BEL AIR, BETHESDA, BOWIE, CALIFORNIA, CAMP SPRINGS, CATONSVILLE, CHANTILLY, CHESAPEAKE BEACH, CLINTON, COLLEGE PARK, COLUMBIA, CULPEPER, DAHLGREN, DUNDALK, DUNKIRK, EDGEWOOD, ELDERSBURG, ELKTON, ELLICOTT CITY, ESSEX, FAIRFAX, FALLS CHURCH, FALLSTON, FALMOUTH, FREDERICK, FREDERICKSBURG, GAITHERSBURG, GERMANTOWN, GLEN BURNIE, GORDONSVILLE, GREENBELT, HAGERSTOWN, HAVRE DE GRACE, HERNDON, HUNTINGTOWN, JOPPATOWNE, LAUREL, LEESBURG, LEXINGTON PARK, LUSBY, MANASSAS, MANASSAS PARK, MCLEAN, NORTH BEACH, ODENTON, ORANGE, PARKVILLE, PIKESVILLE, POTOMAC, PRINCE FREDERICK, RANDALLSTOWN, RESTON, ROCKVILLE, SEVERN, SEVERNA PARK, SILVER SPRING, SOUTH GATE, SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, ST. CHARLES, STERLING, SUITLAND-SILVER HILL, TOWSON, WALDORF,
WARRENTON, WASHINGTON, WESTMINSTER, AND WOODBRIDGE.”