Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

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We provide forecast and warning services for 46 counties in Maryland, northern Virginia, and the eastern West Virginia panhandle, plus the District of Columbia and the city of Baltimore, as highlighted in yellow on the map below. In addition, we provide aviation weather services to Washington National, Washington Dulles International, Baltimore-Washington International, Martin State, Charlottesville-Albemarle, and Shepherd Field/Eastern West Virginia Regional (Martinsburg) airports, and marine services on the Tidal Potomac, and the Chesapeake Bay north of Smith Point, highlighted in cyan.

There are 122 field offices like ours across the country. All offices are comparably staffed and equipped, with state-of-the-art computer technology and Doppler radar. The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area is also the home to National Weather Service Headquarters (in Silver Spring, MD), the National Center for Environmental Prediction at the World Weather Building in Camp Springs, MD, and the NWS Telecommunications facility located in Suitland, MD.

As part of the NWS, there are also support centers for Severe Local Storms (Storm Prediction Center) in Norman, OK; national aviation interests (Aviation Weather Center) in Kansas City; tropical weather (Tropical Prediction Center / National Hurricane Center) in Coral Gables, FL; and 13 River Forecast Centers across the country to assist in river hydrology. The River Forecast Center we rely upon for assistance is located in State College, PA.

This office is unique in that our local service area includes the nation's capital-- Washington, D.C.-- and our users include decision-makers at the Metropolitan Washington Area Council of Government and in the Federal Government, including the White House, Congressional staffers, and the Office of Personnel Management.

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