THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
496 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

DORCHESTER            SOMERSET              WICOMICO
WORCESTER

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 37 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

AMELIA                CHESTERFIELD
CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS                    CITY OF RICHMOND
CUMBERLAND            FLUVANNA              GOOCHLAND
HANOVER               HENRICO               LOUISA
POWHATAN              PRINCE EDWARD

IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CHARLES CITY          ESSEX                 KING WILLIAM
KING AND QUEEN        NEW KENT              RICHMOND
WESTMORELAND

IN EASTERN VIRGINIA

LANCASTER             MATHEWS               MIDDLESEX
NORTHUMBERLAND

IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CAROLINE

IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CITY OF HOPEWELL      CITY OF PETERSBURG    DINWIDDIE
LUNENBURG             NOTTOWAY              PRINCE GEORGE

IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

ACCOMACK              CITY OF POQUOSON      CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG
GLOUCESTER            JAMES CITY            SURRY
YORK

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, ANGOLA,
BACONS CASTLE, BARHAM, BARNETTS, BAVON, BEACH, BON AIR,
BOOTH FORK, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER,
BURRUSS CORNER, BUSCH GARDENS, CAMBRIDGE, CARET, CEDAR FORK,
CENTER CROSS, CENTERVILLE, CHAMPLAIN, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD,
CHINCOTEAGUE, CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, CHRISTENSONS CORNER, CHULA,
CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CORBIN, CREWE,
CRISFIELD, CROAKER, DAWN, DENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE,
DUNNSVILLE, EARLS, EWELL, FARMVILLE, FIVE FORKS, FORT LEE,
GLEN ALLEN, GLOUCESTER POINT, GOOCHLAND, GREENBACKVILLE, GRESSIT,
GROVE, GUINEA MILLS, GWALTNEY CORNER, HAWK,
HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE, HOPEWELL, HORNTOWN, HOWERTONS,
JETERSVILLE, KENBRIDGE, KILMARNOCK, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE,
LAKE MONTICELLO, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, LOUISA,
MANNBORO, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE,
MIDLOTHIAN, MINERAL, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW CHURCH,
NEW KENT AIRPORT, NEW POINT, NEW POINT COMFORT, OCEAN CITY,
ONANCOCK, ORAPAX FARMS, PEARY, PETERSBURG, POOLESVILLE, POQUOSON,
POWHATAN, PRINCESS ANNE, QUINTON, RAINES TAVERN, REAMS, REEDS,
RICHMOND, ROXBURY, SALISBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, STODDERT,
TALLEYSVILLE, URBANNA, VICTORIA, WARSAW, WAYSIDE, WEST POINT,
WILLIAMSBURG, AND YORKTOWN.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
496 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA

TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD

TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD

TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA

PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD
EASTERN BAY
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER

PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 108 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina,
and central, east central, eastern, north central, south central,
and southeast Virginia.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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