Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for DC, Maryland, Virginia
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NOAA issued it on July 7, 2026, 6 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the District of Columbia and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia until 8:30 PM EDT.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
- Issued
- July 7, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 6 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC. Effective from June 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM EDT until June 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT.
Affected Areas
District of Columbia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince Georges counties in Maryland; Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties in Virginia; and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park in Virginia.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
At 7:53 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of Stafford to near Burke to near Great Falls to near Montgomery Village to near Mount Airy to 8 miles northwest of Sykesville to near Littlestown, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard includes 60 mph wind gusts. Emergency Management has reported many instances of trees down.
Timeline
The warning is in effect from 7:54 PM EDT to 8:30 PM EDT on June 11, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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