The entire D.C. area is under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. this evening, according to the National Weather Service. Severe weather, including rain, high winds and thunderstorms, is expected between 4 and 8 p.m. tonight.

WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID-TO-UPPER 80S WITHIN AND SOUTH OF THE WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREA…THE REGION IS UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND…FREQUENT CLOUD- TO-GROUND LIGHTNING… AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY…TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST
LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS BETWEEN 400 PM AND 800 PM EDT.

THE AREA MOST VULNERABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
64 ACROSS VIRGINIA`S NORTH-CENTRAL PIEDMONT AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 95 SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND TO
FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA. THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER WASHINGTON DC
AND BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREAS…HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND…THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY…AND CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA.

We will once again say that a watch is not a warning. It only means conditions are favorable for a potential tornado.