Weather Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Alexandria

The National Weather Service has put out a severe thunderstorm watch for Alexandria and nearby areas, lasting until 10 p.m. tonight (Saturday)

The watch, which started at 4:37 p.m. today (Saturday), covers Washington D.C., parts of Maryland (11 counties), Virginia (20 counties), and one county in West Virginia.

The alert covers Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, among other places, in Virginia.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

New event: Severe Thunderstorm Watch for ALX
Sent via email and SMS at 437 pm EDT, May 3rd 2025

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
219 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 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 VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG
GREENE 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

CLARKE MADISON
RAPPAHANNOCK WARREN

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN PANHANDLE WEST VIRGINIA

JEFFERSON

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