Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Parts of Northern Virginia

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning Monday evening for parts of Northern Virginia:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 543 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DULLES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
TO FALL. THIS COULD INJURE THOSE OUTDOORS...AS WELL AS
DAMAGE HOMES AND VEHICLES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY
DOWNED TREES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON...ALEXANDRIA...CENTREVILLE...WALDORF...BETHESDA...
RESTON...BOWIE...ANNANDALE...CLINTON...SPRINGFIELD...COLLEGE
PARK...FORT WASHINGTON...HERNDON...GREENBELT...FAIRFAX...LANGLEY
PARK...BELTSVILLE...FORT HUNT...VIENNA AND GROVETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND
YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS...SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE
TREES...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON`T DRIVE
UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.