682 
FPUS71 KLWX 221632
NOWLWX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1232 PM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

DCZ001-MDZ009-VAZ053-054-221730-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX
VA-MONTGOMERY MD-
1232 PM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

.NOW...
AT 1231 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING MUCH OF 
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FAIRFAX COUNTIES...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
OAKTON TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LORTON...MOVING NORTH AROUND 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS SUCH AS FRANCONIA...LINCOLNIA...NORTH SPRINGFIELD...DUNN
LORING...BELLEVIEW...NORTH POTOMAC...BAILEYS CROSSROADS...WESTOVER...
BARCROFT AND LITTLE FALLS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED THROUGH 130 PM EDT.

A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...EASTERN
MONTGOMERY...WESTERN CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...CITY OF FAIRFAX...CITY OF
FALLS CHURCH...ARLINGTON AND EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 130 PM EDT.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 
TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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GMS