of storms that stretches into west virginia, slowly advancing toward the east. this will be the line of storms that will impact the metro area as we move through the 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 hour tonight, bringing with it guessed he went, heavy downpours, damaging hail, -- gusty wind, heavy downpours, damaging hail, and a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. 530 p.m. ng is until i'm noticing over here, if we can go back and pick that up. a newly issued tornado warning. this is just to the south of fredericksburg. it appears this cell is now the south andard east. i'm going to step out over the screen. what we are looking at. this

the national weather service, posted at 5:00, where we are now, southwestern stafford county including fredericksburg. .lso eastern culpeper county this is until 540 5 p.m., about another 45 minutes to go. reports of a possible doppler and thedicated tornado potential for half-dollar sized hail. once again, this is a tornado warning read i'm going to repeat the areas are you. it includes southwestern stafford county including the at 4:59ksburg area p.m., a severe thunderstorm, capable of producing a tornado, located about nine miles north of fredericksburg, moving toward the southeast at about 20 miles per hour. look at this map, you can see where fredericksburg is.

this is moving toward the southeast at around 20 miles per hour. for those of you in this area, who are watching this now in stafford county, this is the time you need to seek shelter, bring everyone inside that may has been outside enjoying themselves in this late spring day, almost summer. this is the storm now moving off toward the south and east. the populated areas across the , of course, fredericksburg is very populated. if you could widen this out a little bit, this is well to the south of the d.c. metro area. this is a tornado warning issued until 5:45 p.m. it appears -- there we go. a better idea. here is stafford. right here is harwood. the area with

tornado is actually on the ground, but we do have a warning that is in effect until 4:45 p.m. this is moving off toward the southeast. the storm itself is moving at 20 miles per hour. that's why the duration is a little longer, maybe half an hour or so, or 45 minutes. this is what we are looking at in terms of cloud tops. around 20,000 feet. these right here are around 40,000. this could be an area we are looking at where the tornado could potentially be located. once again, doppler radar indicated half-dollar sized hail also reported with the storm. the is now moving off for southeast at 20 miles per hour and we will continue to track it away from the metro area -- i should say it will continue to track sort of east over the next hour or so. we will give you the wider view here.

give you a better view of what it's going on in other parts of the viewing area. we have a severe thunderstorm county,in loudoun prince william, montgomery county, the leesburg area. this is now moving toward the southeast at around 30 miles per hour. overhead in about four minutes. sterling, dulles airport, about 5:20 p.m. the cell that was earlier warned on for a tornado warning, that has also drifted off to the south and east. p.m.,hook at around 5:07 brunswick at about 5:14 p.m. waterford.n these are areas under a severe thunderstorm watch until 5:30 p.m. another 25 minutes to go with that. let's head to act to fredericksburg. once

a tornado warning, but the wider view shows a severe thunderstorm warning that does include stafford and frederick. edge of on the extreme the warning area. this has the potential for the rotation of a stronger storm. all of this moving toward the south and east around 20 miles per hour. as mentioned, potential for doppler radar indicated tornado. indication the tornado has actually reached the ground. to be, where we expected around spotsylvania as we move through the 530 hour. at this rate of 20 miles per hour, you can see why it's going to take about a half an hour or so. stafford, you are fine. you are not impacted by the tornado warning. you are on the

to fredericksburg, anyone driving south, you might want to hold off at least for a little while because the 95 is a very busy card or -- corridor. it's just on the east of this warned area until 5:45 p.m. justagain, if you are joining us, we have a newly issued tornado warning until 5:45 p.m. radar indicated tornado with the potential for dopplerlar sized -- a radar indicated tornado with the potential for half-dollar sized hail. the storm is moving south and east over the fredericksburg area, on the northern edge of it. the warning area is to the southwest of fredericksburg, and it does include fredericksburg , chancellor at 5:13 p.m., all of that around 5:16 p.m. now some of

, someheard of these areas are smaller subdivisions, .maller towns this is the time you need to seek shelter, find yourself a sheltered location. if you don't have a closet or a bathroom, stay away from the windows. a basement, go to the basement. if you are in a mobile home, go to a designated evacuation area. a lot of areas have buildings connected to the ground. that's where you need to go now. once again, just to give you the update, this is the tornado warning. now isgest threat right the potential for gusty wind. also very heavy rain and the potential for half-dollar sized hail. we are going to zoom in closer for you. this is the notch right here. arou

is rural. it is not densely populated. this is another small town over there. hazel grove, just off toward the west of us. if you are in hazel grove and looking due north, you are looking at the storm moving in closer to your area. that's something to look out for. see onthe cities you here, chancellor into rock grove, this is the time -- bellevue -- this is the time you need to seek shelter. spotsylvania, just on the southern edge of the warned area. ofs cell is now to the north you and moving off toward the southeast. this is the time you need to seek shelter although the stronger part of the storm is now just south of year with the strong, gusty wind, hail, a lot of lightning associated with this. and this is not going to be the only storm we see as we move through the evening hours. we get a view of what going on in terms of a severe thundersto w

this has expanded a little further east. fredericksburg, you are going to be right under it. -- we have said it over and over again. you need to seek shelter. if you know anyone on interstate 95 near fredericks her, they need to pull over /fredericksburg, they need to pull over and find a safe area near fredericksburg, they need to pull over and find a safe area. s veer thunderstorm warning -- severe thunderstorm warning or the edge of prince william county. leesburg.head for wind up to 60 miles per hour along with small hail. doppler radar, this is where dulles national airport is located.

sugarland run is another subdivision. p.m.-five 30 p.m., also around the hunter area at around 5:34 p.m. for loudoun county, parts of montgomery county, and the northern tip of prince william county as we move through the next 15-20 minutes or so. we will take you to the panhandle of west virginia. this is another cell. this is been downgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning. that is better than a tornado warning but still, we are looking at gusty winds, heavy downpours, along with the potential for damaging hail. the big story we have been talking about that's going to arrive here later tonight is a lot of strong storms

western pennsylvania. as we move through 8:00, 9:00 tonight, this is when we aren't acting the strongest dorms to are expecting the strongest storms to arrive. look at all the lightning associated with this. thunderstorm watch, tornado warnings, as far as active tornado warnings, right now, we just have one for the abc 7 viewing area. just south of us toward fredericksburg, this is moving southeast at about 20 miles per hour. the area that will see the biggest impact from this will be spotsylvania, another half hour or so. mind, the severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:45 p.m. about another 30 minutes to go. small,course, half-dollar sized hail is also indicated with this storm. once again, no confirmed reports of a tornado on the ground.

confirming a tornado moving northeast at nine miles per hour. let's show you some of the cities and towns that may be impacted by this as we head through the next half hour, 45 minutes. we will show you the areas likeliest to see the strongest d and heaviest downpours. , these are computer generated as we lock on to an area. if you are in any areas where you need to seek shelter, this is a time you need to pay close attention to what's going on close to your home. seek shelter in a bathroom or a closet. windows. from the account for your pets. it's a good time to go to your basement if you have a basement.

continue for the next half hour to 45 minutes and as we move .hrough the early evening hours things will start to improve around midnight, and they will start to improve from west to east. we want to give you a perspective of the severe weather potential for the overnight hours. this is moving toward the south and southeast at around 20 miles per hour. fredericksburg is right over here, and it appears that the strongest system is now just to the west of the fredericksburg area. right now, we are going to continue to watch this as it moves its path further and further south. you are now in the clear. this system is well to the south of you.

you are in the clear, this system is to the south of you. if you are traveling to fredericksburg, this is the time to hold off, take it easy. 45en another half hour to minutes. over the last half hour or so, you can see the hail path. we have had reports of larger hail. of course, you see the lighter colors, the grays. the reason we have reports of , you seear sized hail this around chancellor and the areas likely to have the potential for that tornado that doppler radar has indicated. once again, nothing has been confirmed on the ground. there is a severe warning in effect until 545 p.m., just about another half hour to

we have another thunderstorm warning. this should come down pretty soon. this is the storm that originally had the tornado warning in the mountains burg area with heavy wind, gusty wind, and isolated tornadoes. once again, we have no reports of anything actively on the ground in the fredericksburg area. strong storms well to the south of the d.c. metro as we head down the 95. this is the mainline going through around 8:00-9:00 tonight. we will keep you updated on abc seven. we h

potential tornado that touched down in the martins erg area. -- martinsburg area. don't know if we have additional details on this, but that would be most welcome. one area where the tornado is on the ground, they just lost power. reports of a large ping-pong sized hail. we don't have any reports of damage, at least not now. this is what it looked like in mountains burg, west virginia this afternoon. this is apple harbors drive in -- inins burg martinsburg. the weatherack to graphics, the strongest line of storms is about three hours out. here we are at 515 p.m. talking about during the 8:00 hour, the strong line of storms is likely to move across the area if

hold together. right now, it looks like they've done a pretty good job doing just that. and of course, there is the potential for tornadoes. as these storms move closer to us, there is the potential for more unstable air. -- westes to the rest of us. lower 90's further south. there is the potential first wrong storms in the afternoon hours and early overnight. numerous thunderstorm watches and warnings and the potential for additional tornado warnings as we move through the next 3-4 hours or so. we will keep you updated. an update one you what's going on in the fredericksburg area. the tornado warning continues until 5:45 p.m. just about another 25 minutes to go. that storm is moving toward the southeast at 20 miles per hour.

another picture was sent to us on twitter, i-81. what itsee this is looked like around 4:30 p.m. thank you jason unger for sending this to us on twitter. you can see a really powerful storm. keep all driving and probably prettywow, this is impressive. that is some scary looking stuff. we appreciate folks sending us pictures, but please, be careful. we don't want to do any stories about people being injured or damaged by this physically. good indicator of just how strong the storms are. steve: absolutely. if you find yourself under one of these tornado warnings,

is really important. we say this over and over again. ord a safe spot, a shelter an interior room, stay away from the windows until the warning expires. the gem,folks are at exercising, picking up kids from gym, exercising, or picking up kids from camp. another additional warning has just come out. i can hear it chirping in the back. we will show you what it's going on with that once we check on it. this looks like it has shrunk down in size a little bit. this was until 540 5 p.m. the rest of the area in paying is in a civic -- 5:45 p.m. the area, in pink, is in a severe thunderstorm watch. this is a good indication of the line of storms that w

moving across our area as we head through the next several hours or so. right now, the only active morning we have is in the fredericksburg area. have a doppler radar produced tornado warning. here,icksburg, right over it appears they have shrunk the size a little bit and altered it, because originally the tornado warning was further off toward 17. as the storm continues to progress south at 20 miles per hour, they are shrinking the space a little bit. the core of the system is now just to the south of the fredericksburg area, but still has the potential to produce a doppler indicated radar tornado. indicated radar tornado. we have the potential for

doppler radar indicated, but tornadoes that will touch the ground and have the potential to cause damage. it is in your backyard for many of you, and it's time to seek shelter. so bellevue, 520 p.m., that's the time. corbin at 5:29 p.m., locks 536 p.m. in33 p.m., dalton's. this is all moving at 20 miles per hour. stafford, you are in the clear. run intoot going to any problems from stafford if you are heading north. if you are headed south toward fredericksburg, you are heading into the line of storms. i believe we have a live picture to show you what's going on. take a look at vdot camera. we are looking at mile 130 on 95.

route 17 in fredericksburg. wet roadways. i believe we are looking toward the north or south -- i am going to say we are looking toward the north. if you look at the very top of your screen, you can see that these guys are very, very dark. guys are moving toward the storm. they are heading toward it. you can see how much rain has fallen. are capable ofls producing 2-3 inches over a very short time area. i am surprised by all the water we have had on the roadways, that we have not had any flash flood warnings posted. most areas on a flash flood watch as we move through the overnight hours. you

it's pretty amazing. look at the cloud formation, around 50,000 feet. at 40,000 feet when traveling from destination to destination. you can see how crystal clear blue they are. again is from the fredericksburg area. this was sent to us in the last 15 or 20 minutes or so. you can see what's going on when i talk about the height of the storm. we have split the storm in half. just to the edge of that, over and chancellor and fredericksburg, these are the areas that we are seeing the strongest dorms at this time. atstorms

this time. they have shrunk the size of the tornado warning just a little bit, however, a potent storm system if you are in the fredericksburg area, within about 20 miles alpha fredericks heard, -- miles south of fredericks heard, this is a time to the shelter and state -- south of fredericksburg, this is a time to eat shelter and they seek shelter and stay there. we have new information coming in. brian has it. brian: new warning just came out for our friends to the north and west. we will pop over to live doppler. few moments ago, 523, a severe thunderstorm located about nine miles northeast of winchester. you can see this area highlighted on doppler.

watching. southern jefferson county and the panhandle of west virginia and southern central berkeley in the panhandle of west virginia. for some of you folks, this is your second time getting hit with the weather here. earlier, severe weather pushed through. severe:15 p.m., a thunderstorm was located near inwood. that continues to move west at 20 miles per hour. we have wind gusts and quarter-sized hail. we are talking about route 11 as well as route 81. the darker brown line there is .unning north-south this is just to the east-southeast of

this is tracking east-southeast at a pretty good clip. we can try to identify some of the areas that will be most impacted as this continues to drop to the south and east. storm tracker showing this continuing to head to the southeast. waves of about 5:30 p.m. over toward keystone estates at 5:33 p.m. ,:42 p.m. for mount pleasant some of the areas impacted. some of the folks in this area have already picked up that heavy energy early on. from our friends in the national weather service, as far as hail, we have had reports of ping-pong -- ping-pong ball sized hail in the area. the bottom line is, that something to keep a close line on -- close eye on in that cell as well. not only do they have a severe

warning for portions of that area. highlythrough a pretty populated area down there. as you look along out there, the area that is highlighted is actually route three. that's a pretty highly populated road that people travel back and forth. southward and now heading deeper into southern portions of spotsylvania county. , we have a lot more on the wider view of storms coming through later this evening. were someal concerns of these storms out to the west. we have been watching the track of this energy from ohio, pennsylvania, impacting folks from pittsburgh. they're playing the u.s. open in pittsburgh and had to stop because

thunderstorms. all continuing their track to the east-southeast. this line of storms continues to track south and east. we are going to keep an eye on through theo evening. this is the line we were most concerned about earlier today. we were looking at information, and i thought it one time that the line to the west would be the one we were most focused on. on it.still focused what we did not anticipate earlier is that we would get as much in the way of sunshine as we got. we got ourselves out ahead of this big line. this indicated about 2700 lightning strikes from altoona to clarksburg.

this energy is going to be dropping across our area as we had a little deeper into the .vening it will bring us some widespread action. we will show you the other graphics if we can. the watch went out early. we continue to watch for the potential of showers and thunderstorms. could i get some weather graphics, please? the watch extends to the edge of anne arundel and down toward fredericksburg. that lasts until tonight at 10:00. steve: i just want to give you some information. a newly issued thunderstorm warning for eastern spotsylvania county for another 45 minutes. upect wind gusts

per hour along with half-dollar sized hail. this is now moving toward the at 30 miles per hour. we are looking for these storms to pick up in intensity ahead of the rain event you were just talking about across western pennsylvania. recap, the tornado warning we had for spotsylvania is now just a severe thunderstorm warning. warningo, the tornado is still there, that they have expanded to a severe thunderstorm warning. brian: the other thing to keep in mind is that we talk about spotters, confirmed, on the ground tornadoes versus radar indicated. at the latest, i am seeing the severe thunderstorm watch. we just hit 5:30 p.m. for the severe thunderstorm warning and fredericksburg.

south of fredericksburg. this is moving at about 25 miles per hour, heading toward bowling green. there is some thunder, lightning, hail, but no indication of tornadoes with the system right now. that's good news. we have these cells heading toward spotsylvania. this continues further south to the east of 301. a couple of things to talk about. we have this severe thunderstorm warning to our south, a secondary one coming out of the panhandle in west virginia, frederick county in virginia, once we get through here, we have all this action from the north and west to push through later this evening. steve:

we would love to have you send your pictures and. you can send them to us via twitter or facebook. photo we received earlier. i believe this is from's awful vein you, or is this from spotsylvania, or is this for martinsburg? this was during the 4:00 hour when we had reports that a tornado touched down. confirm theto actual touchdown of tornadoes, but you can see was going on along -- around the winchester area. the severe thunderstorm warning continues until 545 p.m. this is a remnant of what was once a tornado warning during the 4:00 hour. this is pretty impressive.

hand. quarter-sized hail a be half-dollar sized hail with larger hail over here. --s is from the martins erg quarter-sized hail may be half-dollar size hail with larger hill over here. this is from the martinsburg area. we have a down draft. send us your pictures. we would love to see them on twitter and online. this is what it looks like right now. this is the main line that is going to arrive here around 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. as it advances east,ñ we expect to see another line of severe thunderstorm warnings. weould not be surprised if saw additional tornado warnings as we move through the evening hours. fingers crossed that the atmosphere will help to stabilize a little bit as the sun goes down. we are not a have the fuel from the sun. as this storm system moves on through

bearings. this severe thunderstorm warning continues fore the winchester area for about another half hour or's with gusty wind -- or so with gusty wind and heavier downpours, but not a tremendous amount of lightning associated, at least not right now. meyerstown around 5:41 p.m., barry still around 5:43 p.m., round hill at around 556 p.m., these are the areas that will be impacted by this cell over here as it moves on off toward the now 30 milest and per hour. brian, my voice is going. i am going to have you step in and see was going on. going to check back in just a second's and things are calming down a bit.

-- second since things are calming down a bit. a big line of hefty storms dropping out of western pennsylvania into western maryland, across western genia -- across west virginia. that is what we will watch until 10:00 this evening. we will continue to keep an eye on this with updates. we will get back to more news coverage. steve: i want to show you some video that is fresh and to the abc seven news room. virginia,prings, west you can see the flags blowing in the wind. one poll goes totally down. when you have wins like this, this is not your normal, typical type of wind event. there could be straight-line wind, or

have the tornado that was reportedly on the ground. this airy well could be the effect from that -- very well could be the effect from that. we are going to have brian step back in in a minute or so. this is the strongest line we are now watching, that is now beginning to enter western maryland. this is a good time line. if you have plans for this 7:00 aroundaround hagerstown, gaithersburg at d.c.d 8:00, across the metro area, arlington, alexandria, southern montgomery the college park area, prince george's county at around 8:30 p.m., and then it will rapidly move further toward the south and east into southern maryland at around 9:30 p.m. aroundt guess is that

the storms will be over with. skies will clear, and we will look at a nice stretch of day after that. we just need to get through the next four and a half hours. on abc keep you updated seven. of course, the basketball game is on tonight. news channel 8 will keep you updated. wjla.com, we will keep you updated there. back to you, leon. keeping us you for up-to-date with that. let's turn to the storm of emotions sweeping in the country after the deadly shooting in orlando. right now, president obama is meeting with the families of victims. newof this as we learn details about to the victim. his first attempt to buy weapons was rejected at a gun store. they considered omar ma

teen suspicious and even reported him. >> while not on the same scale, an unfortunate hallmark of the president's time in office has been these trips to console family members of mass shootings. america is unparalleled in the number of victims in modern times. we see president obama arriving on air force one in central part of. he is joined by republican marco rubio. but the president was not just there to console. this was also a call to change. predictably, he focused quite a bit on gun issues. here is the president earlier this afternoon. mr. obama: unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a or justt

town to buy extraordinarily powerful weapons, and they can do so legally. >> we would be naive to think politics would not play a large role in the aftermath of what took place in orlando. in fact, senator john mccain had some really tough words for president obama today, laying blame directly at his feet, saying had he handled troop numbers differently overseas in , there would never have and a void for isis to rise it is the president's policies that allowed this issue to happen. we will hear a lot more i am sure on policies of what to do in the future to prevent this type of thing. >> no question this has put the national debate over guns in the spotlight. last night, senator christopher

connecticut, who took office just after the killings in sandy hook, filibustered for 15 hours. that ended when republicans agreed to hold a vote on to gun control measures. we know the vote does not necessarily mean change. we have a poll, will this actually lead to a change in legislation? log on to vote. karen travers breaks down where the vote stands. >> there will likely be votes in the senate on gun control, just not this week. for nearly 15e hours on thursday, trying to push republicans to take action. editor murphy spoke for much of his time about the shooting at sandy hook -- senator murphy spoke for much of his time about the shooting at sandy hook elementary. >> i have had enough. it has been four years, and nothing has been done. >> republicans say it is not

>> this is a terror attack we are turning into a gun debate. democrats propose that if you are on the no-fly list, you should not be able to buy a gun. republicans and even civil banningians opposed panni gun sales to those on no-fly lists. some are publicans pushing for a purchase by on any anyone on the watchlist to give sellers time to review the sale. democrats want to expand background checks to include gun shows and internet sales. the second after amendment how you stop terrorism? no. >> beeker ryan says the focus should be on foreign policy -- speaker ryan says the focus should be on foreign policy

stopping homegrown radicals. >> a member of parliament was shot to death at a constituent meeting, multiple times, at close range. tackled theuickly suspected gunman. one witness said the gun appeared to be homemade. police say the shooting may be related to the upcoming brexit vote. sides of theboth debate agreed to suspend their campaigning for the time being. leon: video coming in from pasadena, maryland. a sixrson is dead after car crash involving a garbage truck. this has shut down traffic on , so driversway should avoid the area. says an.c. police chief arrest has been made in a rash of recent robberies in

district. she would not release the name --the sus, but investigators suspect, but investigators believe he is tied to seven robberies this week. no word if this arrest is connected to any of these instances. one person is in custody and another on the run after last week's quadruple shooting. shot rang out on new york avenue. person --s the first is in court with the first person to face the judge. >> we are still looking for at least one other person. >> police chief announced that the driver of the getaway car has been caught, but the actual shooter depicted in the surveillance photos is still at large. police emphasized the role that private camerasla

catching the driver. >> we had four or five different cameras capture some portion of this. >> hours after the shooting, police matched the getaway car nearblack ford explorer the crime scene and questioned the driver. yesterday, they arrested 26-year-old kevin based on surveillance video. said the camera got butr pictures of him, apparently not clear enough pictures of the shooter. even though, the mayor is to join themore city program that pays up to .200 per camera >> our security camera program continues to have funds available, and we want people to call us so that if we have an incident, we can make an arrest. >> a bicycle cop

by a car. he is doing well. is set tod kevin cole be in court today, charged with assault with intent to kill. authorities are still looking for a shooter. sam ford, abc 7 news. incredible scene. a tour bus overturned on the side of the gw parkway. more than a dozen people were inside. thanks to some quick acting soldiers nearby, that bus did not they overturned for long. our northern virginia bureau chief spoke to these heroes. driving home from work at the pentagon when he came the crash. immediately, he saw the tour bus de, and rushed, w

x we started pulling passengers out of the bus. cooperas soon clear to that people were still trapped underneath the bus. >> cooper and three others counted off and unbelievably, lifted the bus from on its side twos ending up right. -- two standing upright. anybody thought about that. we were just focused. three people were trapped underneath. one woman's legs were severed below her knees, but she was still alive. >> we need to do something. we need to take control of the situation. i i think what any person -- think we did what any person with any kind of moral obligation would do. head, i was saying a prayer for

. i wanted to make sure she died with some dignity. >> two people suffered critical injuries in the crash and are still being treated. everyone on the tour bus was a chinese citizen. wiest told him no -- we still don't know why the bus collided with the vehicle on the parkway. investigators will only say that the crash is still under investigation. >> unbelievable. just imagine. those tourists were fortunate to have his people driving down the highway at that time. rex tillerson ahead on a very busy day, -- >> still ahead on a very busy the a concept that may be first of its kind. a 3-d printed bus tubing rise?

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leon: an incredible survival story tonight. a dog trapped inside a dog trapped inside recycling truck as the trash compactor was turned on. >> we are going to get back to this story in just a second, but we want to go to steve because he has a new weather warning or is and we want to be up to date. newly issueds a tornado warning for southwestern loudoun county and north-central fauquier county. you can see this in on

where you see the red polygon. this is a storm we are watching potential half-dollar sized hail. we have had reports of large hail across the area. we are going to zoom in closer and show you was going on with the system. here is the district. a little closer, this is the cell that has is concerned. doppler radar indicated tornado moving toward the southeast around 25 miles are our. it going to be -- miles per hour. to be around delaplane at 6:20 p.m. and middleburg at around 8:30 p.m. just want to give you another update for those of you just joining us, southwestern loudoun county, central clark county and central/your county, all in virginia, until

central fauquier county until 6:30 p.m. south and east. right now, no reports that anything is actually on the ground area just a tornado warning. that weradar indicating have had a couple of these in the afternoon and early evening hours. if you are watching us in loudoun or clark, this is the time you need to seek shelter. we have a severe thunderstorm warning for jefferson, and talk your county until 6:30 p.m. this evening. fauquier here --

county until 6:30 p.m. this evening. this is all moving off for the 25 -- offeast around toward the south and east of around 25 miles per hour. this is all part of a complex storm system is going to continue to move our way as we head to eat hours. evening hours.he just to give you a little perspective -- head through the evening hours. we are going to show you the track for this as we head through the next half hour to 45 minutes. , percy bell at around 5:58 p.m. about 10bill at minutes after 6:00. marshall at around 6:45 p.m. this is on

have the severe thunderstorm watch for the entire abc 7 viewing area until 10:00 tonight. of the strongest storms will begin to wind down around 10:00 this evening. this is the tornado warned area. radar indicated at this time, moving toward the south and east of around 30 miles per hour. and if you live in the bluemont area or middle blamed -- the time tothis is seek shelter. has an interior room that no windows, whether a back room, a closet. if you have a basement, head to the basement. if you are in a mobile home, this is the time to exit. .ind the safest place a lot of mobile home communities have safe spaces within the community. this is the time to head to it. this is not a storm to mess around with.

the last hour or so. even if you don't have a tornado over your house, you are likely to find wind gust up to 60 miles per hour. away from we say stay the windows. a lot of folks are picking kids up from camp, maybe swim club. give them a call on the cell phone and have them find a safe space. safe the storms are moving toward the south and east. , berryville isr just for the south of you. what going to happen over the next 20 minutes or so, we're going to start to shave down the size of this tornado warning. around 6:12 p.m., and then we are going to see that storm continued to move south and he's.

-- south and east. we can head over to brian. he might have more information. looking at some of the parameters on doppler radar, in the area you can see highlighted oh --very cell -- berries ofryville, you can see some the areas we are trying to identify. this is along highway seven area right there between -- highway seven. darkened area,at we are looking at our parameters for hail. possibly upward of an inch and a half to two inch hail and some pretty intense downpour. they are identifyi

talking about this area here, pretty intense downpours with the potential for larger hail. this is the area where we currently have a tornado warning in effect for the area. precipitation starting to shift .ast let me widen the perspective as we get closer. some of the happiest action that was over berryville is now heading to the bluemont area. here we are, just to the south of mechanic will -- .echanicsville this is a have a heavy cell with potential rotation. it's

and southeast. we put the radar in motion so you can see the progression tracking to the southeast, keeping the intensity as it heads toward philomont. that warning until 6:30 p.m. one of numerous made of -- numerous tornado warnings. bear indicating there could some twisting within the system. however, it has not been audited -- spotted. is 601 to the south of bluemont. this is 734. little bitw you a more of the areas that will be impacted. this is getting toward middleburg and all the. strokes of lightning.

as we continue over the next bit of time, from bluemont down toward middleburg arounds asked when he 6:00 p.m., and it will work its way from the 734 to the sixth anyone. -- 621. widen out the perspective and the activeat warnings we are seeing are the tornado warnings for western loudoun county for northern sections of the shenandoah valley. this is going down more toward the richmond area. that is pushing through a little later. we need to be on guard this evening and that is why we are all under a watch until 10:00 this evening. here we go, in closer, there are several boxes on top of each other. a tornado warning is in effect until 6:30 p.m.