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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
741 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2026
DCZ001-MDZ013-504-VAZ053-054-310030-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY MD-
PRINCE GEORGES MD-FAIRFAX VA-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-
741 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGES...ARLINGTON...
AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES...THE CITY OF FAIRFAX...THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH
AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 740 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE TO FAIRFAX TO NEAR
CENTREVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON, ALEXANDRIA, CENTREVILLE, BETHESDA, RESTON, ANNANDALE,
SPRINGFIELD, COLLEGE PARK, FORT WASHINGTON, HERNDON, GREENBELT,
FAIRFAX, LANGLEY PARK, FORT HUNT, VIENNA, GROVETON, FALLS CHURCH,
HUNTINGTON, CORAL HILLS, AND BLADENSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4, AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 18 AND 20.
INTERSTATE 270 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3896 7683 3875 7702 3876 7703 3885 7702
3889 7706 3885 7703 3873 7704 3871 7713
3867 7713 3870 7716 3868 7719 3864 7713
3862 7720 3865 7720 3872 7736 3884 7747
3903 7733 3906 7720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 297DEG 18KT 3895 7720 3886 7729 3878 7742
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DHOF
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