NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Parts of Northern Virginia

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern Virginia Wednesday afternoon including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County and Falls Church.

Here's the statement from the NWS:

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
506 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
WEST CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 505 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH
BETHESDA...OR NEAR BETHESDA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
TO FALL. THIS COULD INJURE THOSE OUTDOORS...AS WELL AS
DAMAGE HOMES AND VEHICLES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY
DOWNED TREES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
UNSECURED LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARLINGTON...ALEXANDRIA...ROCKVILLE...BETHESDA...ANNANDALE...
SPRINGFIELD...FORT WASHINGTON...GROVETON...FALLS CHURCH...
HUNTINGTON...PIMMIT HILLS...NATIONAL HARBOR...GALLAUDET
UNIVERSITY...NATIONALS PARK...CRYSTAL CITY...REAGAN NATIONAL
AIRPORT...RFK STADIUM...HOWARD UNIVERSITY...MCLEAN AND FORT TOTTEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND
YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS...SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE
TREES...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON`T DRIVE
UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.