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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

UPDATE: Fairfax County Under Tornado Watch Until 2 AM

Fairfax County is also under a Flash Flood Watch. Evening storm could bring gusty winds up to 40 MPH and possible thunder and lightning.

UPDATE, Wednesday 6:40 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Fairfax County from 6:30 p.m. until Thursday at 2 a.m. The county is also under a wind advisory until Thursday at 6 a.m. ---- The week's wacky winter weather — freezing rain Monday that closed or delayed some schools in Northern Virginia and highs Tuesday that reached nearly 70 degrees — continues Wednesday. Fairfax County is under a Flash Flood Watch (from 3 p.m. Wednesday until late in the evening), according to the National Weather Service.  What forecasters are calling "a strong cold front" is heading toward Northern Virginia, and the area could see 1-2 inches of rain — possibly with thunderstorms — with heavy rain starting to fall Wednesday around…

JD

9:26 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Well that's scary! Glad things calmed down for the most part.   more ›

Monday, July 9, 2012

Thunderstorms Usher Heat Out of Northern Virginia

Temperatures drop from 100-plus to 80s.

Although Sunday evening's thunderstorms that rattled through the area knocked out power to 4,206 in Northern Virginia, according to Dominion Power, it did get rid of the oppressive heat. The heatwave that clamped down on the area and refused to leave broke records for sticking around for 10 days of 95-plus degree heat. Northern Virginia will see highs Monday of 82 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS forecasts that temperatures will hold steady throughout the week, with highs in the 80s, but we could see more thunderstorms through Wednesday. As for power outages related to Sunday night's storms, the following was posted on the Dominion Power Web site Sunday at about 11:45 p.m.: In Fredericksburg, authorities were …

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Possible Tornado or Microburst in Fredericksburg (in Fredericksburg Patch)

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