Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 474 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 230 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2026 The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm watch 474 in effect until 10 PM EDT this evening for the following areas the district of columbia in maryland this watch includes 14 counties in central maryland anne arundel howard montgomery prince georges in north central maryland carroll frederick washington in northeast maryland cecil in northern maryland baltimore baltimore city harford in southern maryland calvert charles st. marys in virginia this watch includes 27 counties in central virginia city of fredericksburg greene king george orange spotsylvania in northern virginia arlington city of alexandria city of fairfax city of falls church city of manassas city of manassas park culpeper fairfax fauquier loudoun prince william stafford in northwest virginia city of winchester clarke frederick madison page rappahannock shenandoah warren in western virginia city of harrisonburg rockingham in west virginia this watch includes 3 counties in panhandle west virginia berkeley jefferson morgan this includes the cities of aberdeen, abingdon, adams morgan, aden, airlie, albin, alexandria, alonzaville, alsop, andora, annandale, annapolis, appleton, arco, arkendale, arlington, arnold, bakerton, ballenger creek, ballston, baltimore, barcroft, barksdale, bay view, bentonville, berkeley spgs, berryville, berryville, bethel, bethesda, blake, bloomery, bohemias mills, bowie, boyds, brantwood, brokenburg, brookfield, broomes island, buckeystown, buckton, burke, burr hill, bynum, california, callaway, cardova, catalpa, catonsville, cedar grove, cedarville, chantilly, charles town, cherrydale, chesapeake beach, chester gap, clarksville, clary, clinton, college park, columbia, compton, countryside, cove point, culpeper, dahlgren, dale city, dameron, drum point, dulles international airport, dundalk, dunkirk, edgewood, eldersburg, essex, everona, fairfax, fairfax station, fairview, falls church, falmouth, fells point, five forks, fordsville, four corners, frederick, fredericksburg, front royal, gainesboro, gaithersburg, gamber, garrisonville, gatewood, germantown, gleedsville, glen burnie, glen echo, glendie, glenmont, greenbelt, hagerstown, halfway, hamburg, hancock, harford furnace, harrisonburg, hawkinstown, hickory, historic ellicott city, howellsville, independent hill, kimball, lahore, lake ridge, langley, leesburg, lexington park, linville, long beach, lucketts, luray, madison mills, madison run, magnolia, magnolia, manassas, manassas park, martinsburg, massaponax, mclean, middleway, millville, montclair, montpelier, mount clifton, mount harmony, mount jackson, nasons, oak grove, orange, park heights, park mills, parkville, partlow, paw paw, piney point, post oak, randallstown, ranson, rapidan, reagan national airport, reston, reva, ridge, ridgeway, rileyville, rivercrest, rollins fork, rosslyn, severn, severna park, shady grove, shady grove, shenandoah junction, shiloh, silver spring, simpsonville, skyland, smith crossroads, sotterley, south gate, spotsylvania court, st. charles, sterling park, stevensburg, strasburg, stringtown, suitland-silver hill, tantallon, towson, turnbull, twymans mill, unionville, waldorf, warrenton, washington, westminster, widewater, winchester, winston, woodbridge, woodlawn, woodstock, and woodstock.