UPDATE: Tornado Warning Passes, Now a Watch

UPDATE (8:57 p.m.): NWS has issued a coastal flood warning for Fairfax and surrounding areas until 2 a.m.

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(6:09 p.m.): NWS retired the tornado warning. A tornado watch is in effect until 9 p.m.

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(5:44 p.m.): Tornado warning now in effect until 6 p.m. NWS spotted a severe thunderstorm capable of creating a tornado six miles south of Chantilly and moving north at 30 mph.

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NWS Doppler radar found two severe thunderstorms capable of creating a tornado outside of Manassas. One storm is moving northeast at 35 mph, another moving north at 30 mph. Fairfax City still on tornado watch.

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Fairfax City and surrounding area is under a tornado watch until 11 p.m. 

National Weather Service has also issued coastal flood warning until 2 a.m. Friday.

Take cover. Move to an interior room and avoid windows. Get inside if you're outdoors. If driving, park and stay in your car or lie flat in a low spot. Don't take cover under highway overpasses.

Check back for more information as it becomes available.