announcer: this is a stormwatch7 severe weather alert. jonathan: it is treacherous out there. we begin with a severe weather alert. strong storms moving through the area. this is what it looked like from frederick county in mobiletrak7. alison: a live look at the district here as the storms make their way through. here we go again. a week ago we were dealing with the same thing. jonathan: now we have reports of hail. a lot of things are happening this afternoon. we have team coverage for you on what is happening outside. richard reeve covering the storm in mobiletrak7. brianne carter following the storm damage. alison: but we'll start with meteorologist steve rudin. he has been tracking the storms since 1:00 this afternoon. what is the latest? steve: a busy afternoon at abc7. the strongest storms are settling further south. first things first. the entire area in pink that indicates a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. i suspect that parts of this will come down way, way before then. the area you see in orange, fairfax coun

william, severe thunderstorm warning for another 15 minutes until 4:15. then another cell across southern maryland. calvert county where that is going to extend until 4:45. that is where they have report of golf ball size hail near waldorf. convert to doppler radar for you. the district here, capital beltway right here. southern edge of the capital beltway. springfield is further south. that is where we are looking at the heavy rain and the severe thunderstorm warning in effect right now. widen things out a bit. if you are watching us in gaithersburg or frederick county to hagerstown, things have really started to settle down. from the core of the action now just in the south and the southeast of the d.c. metro area across southern maryland. this all moves on toward the south and the east at 40 miles per hour. heading in closer. the boxes on the screen, that indicates a severe thunderstorm warning. if you are in lorton, heavy rain. the same for mount vernon to old town alexandria. all of this moves to the

on this, between 40,000 and 50,000 feet. so some very, very strong storms. some very tall storms. that is why we have had the ground stops at reagan national airport, the same at dulles and b.w.i. marshal. these are going to begin to improve in the next couple of hours or so. waldorf right now is where we are experiencing the heavy hail at this time. golf ball size reports at this hour. all of this moves toward the south and the east with the wind gusts likely upward of 60 to 70 miles per hour. we'll take you out and look around the capital beltway. d.c. right over here. west bend there. dupont circle, upper northwest d.c. further south is where we have the heaviest rain just outside of rosslyn to reagan national airport. down to old town alexandria. all of this moves across the river to oxon hill, national harbor, the gaylord resort. you look for gusty wind and heavy rain with a lot of lightning. the storm reports we have everything from ha

that are popping up around the metro area. nothing inside the beltway. no active tornado warnings at this time. look at the latest warnings. the district, montgomery county, anne arundel, prince george's under severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. the areas in orange, two separate watch boxes here. this one for fairfax and prince william until 4:15. the second one for southern prince george's, charles and calvert county extends until 4:45. we will keep you updated moving through the afternoon hours. we head to richard reeve. richard: steve, it has been a challenging day for anyone behind the wheel trying to get around. let's show you where we are right now. just outside bowie. you can look and see the skies still look nasty out there.

anything else is downed trees. a large group of downed trees on 70 west just outside of columbia. we are in the parkway and there were more trees down there. we are on the way to the town center in bowie to check out report of another fallen tree. it has been a big headache for a lot of people hitting the roads, trying to get around the debris. we saw a lot of debris also heading eastbound on 70. it wasn't nearly as severe as the westbound lanes. the westbound lanes got terribly tied up. it got down to one lane at one point. like i said, right now we are starting to get into the brunt of the commuter hour. this will be the big challenge for people on the roads. back to you. jonathan: rich, thank you. drive safe. brianne carter joining us live from centreville, virginia. the roads are closed in one area because the wires are down. the wind that came through there was something else. brianne: in the last 15 minutes they got t

the grounds. the roads are reopen and the police are clearing out. 20 minutes or so ago it was a downpour here. take a look at this intersection. we are talking lee highway and bull run post office road. you can see the scene off the road there, traffic is once again moving. the roads were bone dry before that rain as quickly as it started to usher in a downpour. it moved right on out and the sun is starting to come out here again as well. now the roads were closed for quite some time. more than two hours. we did see a verizon truck go down there, so not clear whether or not it was electric or a verizon cable that dropped there on the road. right as the road dips. so the traffic was being diverted for over two hours. just in the last 16 minutes, the traffic coming back online. those that are going to come home down 29 here, traffic is back open to those drivers at this hour. this as we continue to watch the storms as they move past here because i have to tell you. as quickly as they moved in and a downpour hi

you can see the sun back out again here. back to you. alison: thank you very much. let's go on over to maryland now. brad bell live in upper marlboro with what is going on there. brad? brad: yeah, well, she said it. they come in, they go out. when we got out of the car to set this up a few minutes ago it was pouring! a deluge. now the rain has stopped. you can see where the clouds have gone. a very black, gray sky in that direction. looking southeast. we heard the reports about large hail down in waldorf. when we pack up we will head down the road to see if we can find out if that was true. so much rain. puddling here. a lot of it has run in the storm drains. the good news as we said is clearing up. looking north to bowie and where richard reeve is heading, blue sky. we will pack up and head south to see if we find out if there is any hail in waldorf. we will get right back to

let's go ahead and get a check on the traffic situation overall. jamie sullivan is here with what is going on. jamie: we are starting off with a ten-mile backup on 95 northbound in virginia. ten-mile backup from an earlier accident. this is not even due to the rain. this is from the accident that closed down near 123. you can see still very heavy traffic. i want to move further north. with the rain coming down, it wasn't earlier when we had the crash we are seeing the areas where it's not so great. let's run through a few of the camera shots for you to give you an idea. we move to look at them. we are seeing 66 issues. this is along the capital beltway. this is still dark. 95 now. if you are heading north closer to the springfield interchange. we are seeing a lot of the volume as well as you are traveling in on 66 through annandale to the capital beltway. this shot shows you near the capital beltway. you get an idea. rain drops all over the camera but you really see the road spray kicking up.

flooding. this is traffic along the capital beltway near route 7. bumper-to-bumper traffic. this is on the inner loop as you get closer to the american legion bridge. we usually see the heavy traffic. look here. 95 as you head north. comparatively speaking southbound we are clear. once you get closer to dale city we see the southbound traffic. really right now, 66, 95 in virginia. capital beltway in annandale is where you will see this. maryland was an hour ago. 270. we are okay. the sun is shining. 95 in maryland as well as the b.w. parkway. again if you are traveling in virginia, just know. keep those headlights on, please. be careful. some of the side roads, we have the flooding. that i a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: thank you. great advice. remember to stay with abc7 when weather hits like this. you can go to wjla.com and get up to the minute forecasts, the second that you need them. you can also download the stormwatch7 app. use it out on the road and away

and the warnings to your phone from the newsroom. as the storms make their way through the area we are curious of the video and pictures you take out there. a lot of folks are taking great pictures of the some blowing through. if you see something, send something. pics@wjla.com. all right. following now a developing story that happened out west. look at this. high heat and the dry conditions make it impossible to fight some of the fires that are burning. in fact, this is the perfect storm for fire conditions that are happening. a lot of big fires are burning right now. the conditions so bad that some of the crews have to back off. they can't fight them. right now we no two fires are burning near los angeles. they already scorched 5,400 acres and forced thousands of people to evacuate. a total of 17 large wildfires right now burning in eight western states. that includes alaska. alison: developing news at home in arlington. firefighters are investigating an underground transformer fire. amy aubert with the massive fire

shopping area. amy: smoke pouring through the street. cell phone video capturing the whole thing. >> the flames got up to about 30 feet. it was pretty frightening. amy: neighbors in the apartment waiting in shock just beyond the yellow tape. >> we actually watched the fire for ten or 15 minutes keep building and getting bigger. then the flames started ten minutes later. amy: fire crews responded before 9:00 this morning saying a transformer vault in the street caught fire. >> at that point the crash unit from the national airport was asked for the dry chemical and the foam capabilities. amy: crews from across the area responded to the three-alarm fire. as thick, dark smoke flowed through the complex along clarendon boulevard. >> the blame was huge. almost as tall as the building over here. there was smoke. i'm sure you could have seen it for miles away. amy: crews could no

involved but say no injuries have been reported. >> you can't see flames and smoke like this around here often. i think it's pretty telling how many people are out and about checking it out. amy: arlington fire officials tell me more than 20 vehicles responded to today's fire. they cleared the scene around noon today. in arlington, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: abc7 told you about this at breaking news at noon today. be the first to get breaking news alerts on your phone by signing up for text alerts from abc7 at our website wjla.com. still to come here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- up in smoke. for the second time in a week. we are going to tell you what might have caused this barn in virginia to burn to the ground. >> i feel like part of my heart was taken. he's so innocent. jonathan: a fight between neighbors turns violent.

now dead. that story is still ahead. alison: also ahead today a new way for women to get birth control without leaving the house. and the controversy surrounding this. steve: fairfax, prescription william, southern prince george's county, charles and calvert county still under severe thunderstorm warning. we are tracking strong storms on the letter letter doppler

steve: our severe weather coverage continues on letter and newschannel8. we'll see what is going on with the latest warnings for you. southern maryland, southern prince george's county, charles and calvert county, severe thunderstorm warning until 4:45. you just notice the one for fairfax and prince william has now canceled out at 4:15. things are beginning to improve a bit out there. we'll show you doppler radar around the capital beltway. rough weather for the southeastern quadrant as the cell slowly advances toward the south and east. we will show you the wider view with the one storm or the biggest of the storms now moving across southern maryland. another system or storm off i-81 south of woodstock. that sals -- that is also severe thunderstorm warning. north and west of us a few showers blossoming around winchester and hagerstown. but the strongest or the most severe weather moves on off toward the south and east. we are going to look for the conditions to gradually

improve. but it doesn't necessarily mean some of the storms out here won't be warned on in the next hour or two. once the sun sets this evening at 8:30, that is when we start to see the real big improvement. the strongest of the largest storms are now moving on off across southern maryland. eventually across the bay. we will track the storms for you throughout the next couple of hours. as always on wjla.com. stay with us. i'll keep you updated. jonathan: thanks for that. check out this scene. this was a very fast-moving fire ripping through the barn in fairfax county. it was burning early this morning. it happened 3:30. this is on band thompson road. fire officials say the barn was empty. no animals, no one was hurt. this is the second time in a week the warn caught fire. last week part of the roof went up. the investigators ruled that an accident. but today's fire is still under investigation. dispute between two neighbors takes a very nasty turn. maryland bureau chief brad bell with how one of the

kicking and killing a little dog. brad: jessica and seth say they adopted the puppy harley three months ago in part to help jessica over the loss of her father. >> he stole our heart quickly. stole everyone's heart quickly. brad: now the cup is mourning what they call the murder of their tiny chihuahua. >> i'm just hurt. i feel like a part of my heart was ripped out of my chest. he is so innocent. brad: the couple says the neighbor sabrina killed the puppy in a rage, angry that her husband was visiting seth and jessica's home rapid not answering her calls. they say she kicked the little dog off of their porch. he died in minutes. >> harley didn't do anything to her or anyone. brad: the couple is speaking out and mounting a facebook campaign for justice for harley. richards the across the street neighbor has been charged with

>> richards was not available for comment. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: well, covering metro now. today is the second weekday of the safe track surge two. part of the track is shut down in the district and virginia. the track is closed on the orange, blue and the silver lines until eastern market. shuttle buses are replacing trains but expect them to be packed. officials say you should expect at least a half hour delay. there is also no service between rosslyn and arlington national cemetery. every step of the way abc7 will have what you need to know about safetrack on a special safetrack page on the website wjla.com. you can get metro updates sent to your phone. text "metro" to 43817. >> with the weather outside it makes it challenging for traffic. it's already challenging to begin with. get to jamie sullivan. roads not moving too good for

jamie: they are not. we are seeing it in areas, especially in virginia. focusing on 66. the beltway through annandale and 95 where the rain came through and was the harder. 66 is typical as it heads southbound. beltway through annandale to get closer to tysons. we are seeing about this pace. and that continues to montgomery county. then 95 is the big problem spot. you can see a lot of the heavy volume heading northbound. we have had a ten-mile backup. moving to the maps i want to talk 95 and virginia. this is from an earlier accident. now we are getting better. all lanes are open. not by much. you see a solid red line north from triangle to lorton. here is what we have. the roads are wet out there. be careful. the slowest spots, let's talk. 45 minutes from quantico to dale city. dale city getting to the capital beltway just under

that is not a huge stretch either. of course the outer loop in montgomery county under 40 minutes. as you travel and work your way closer to the 270 spur. we still have a few green areas. the roads are wet. polls down, trees down, wires down. we are hearing about that in a few areas in anne arundel county. and in great falls, we have brianne carter headed to the scene to check out a closure that we have. that is a look at traffic. we'll keep you updated. jonathan: thank you. alison: steve is here with a little bit more on what is going on, who is under the gun, what is next. steve: this started around noontime hour. we have been going at this now for four hours and 20 minutes. i will come to an end in theneck hour or two. that is -- in the next hour or two. that is the good news. the story we heard about the gusty wind and the heavy rain and the hail. a lot of hail. this is from edge water, maryland, in the past hour. ouch! this hurts. it hurts to watch it. that looks like quarter size hail there.

have had golf ball size hail in waldorf. jonathan: yikes! steve: that is a lot of hail that causes damage. thank you, ryan clark, for sharing this with us. excellent video. we would love to see what you have. send it to us. look at what is going on with the latest severe weather watch. the severe thunderstorm watch. it is in effect until 9:00. the area in pink. as we move through the next couple of hour osso, this -- hours or so, this will shave off at 6:00 or 7:00 and then we will cancel the whole thing off. the area in orange are active severe thunderstorm warning. this one here for southern maryland, extreme southern prince george's county, that is until 4:45. so just about another 25 minutes with that. inside the beltway, most of the action is south to old town alexandria and the gaylord resort. this

maryland that is going on for 20 minutes. we have the strongest winds. wind gusts to 60 earn many. waldorf on the western edge of this. you can tell that things are beginning to improve. you can see the green and the yellow. not the intense oranges and the reds over prince frederick and long beach. all of this is moving off toward the northeast at 40 miles per hour. the storms are impressive. keep in mind an airplane flies at the cruising altitude at 42,000 feet. tops of the storms over 50,000 feet. this is now by eagle harbor moving to prince frederick. the areas likely to see the hail once again. waldorf beginning to improve a little bit. stronger storms to the south and west of you. once you head further west it's beginning to improve in terms of not seeing the heavy rain.

take a look at what is going on thwart north, old town alexandria here. reagan national airport where they had a ground stop earlier to rosslyn right here to west end. this scattered showers at this time. in rosslyn we did see sunshine in the past hour. or the past 15 minutes, i should say. you don't have to head too far west to falls church. that is where they are looking at the heavier downpours now. you are not under severe thunderstorm warning it doesn't mean we are out of the woods for the heavy downpours with the winds and lightning. more storms around hagerstown area. winchester with heavy rain at this time. once again these have not been warned on. can't rule out they will produce gusty wind and lightning. flash flood warning from montgomery county and howard county until 8:00 tonight. anne arundel and prince george's county under flood warning moving through the evening hours. take you out for

seven-day outlook. things will get better in the next couple of hours. less humid tomorrow. still warm at 88 degrees. we will see showers and another round of storms on thursday with the temperatures in the 80's. how about if we end the weather forecast on a brighter note and a good note. temperatures in the lower 80's on friday. focus on the upcoming weekend. >> wow! steve: saturday and sunday around 85 to 87 degrees. i will be fantastic from the mountains to the city to the delmarva beaches. alison: wow! steve: that is for the weekend. we will continue to keep you updated on abc7 and newschannel8. once we get through the line of storms it will only be another couple of hours or so and you will see a huge improve 789. jonathan: what is the humidity factor for the weekend? steve: a lot lower and more comfortable. the dew points will be in the upper 50's instead of the 70's. big difference. alison: pleasant. steve: like northern michigan. not really. alison: okay. still ahead at 4:00, a new option for wme

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they need to find the best individual option. jonathan: coming up here at 4:00, the jeep model that kills actor yelchin was recalled for dangerous parking error. we look at the exact problem that could have caused the crash. alison: new information on two bizarre crashes in montgomery county. details released by police a few hours ago. jonathan: abc7 is tracking the storms as they are moving through the area. stay with the storm team coverage. back after this.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: breaking news right now out of howard county, maryland. look at the damage left behind. the storms may have moved through the area quickly but they packed a punch. newschopper7 over the scene of a tree that fell on a home there. cruises are responding to get the -- crews are responding to get the tree off the home. we are waiting for word on injuries on this. live pictures from newschopper7 of a tree that fell on a home in howard county. in maryland. you can see the damage. the trees look like they were pulled apart in a small area. it's like micro bursts that blew through. alison: let's find out what is going on in bowie, maryland richard re

last week. tell us what you are seeing today. richard: okay. we are seeing as you can see is a lot of towned trees. a tree down and another tree. was this straight line winds? we are not sure what we'll find here. we saw this large one here. boy, they blocked the whole road off because of the tree. we walk around and talk about the big reveal. we talk about the surprises in the story. the big reveal. there you go. a car crushed underneath there. we think we saw people inside the car. they were walking away and didn't want to talk to us. this is the thing you will see more and more.

the straight line winds. that have struck the trees here. difficult afternoon in bowie, maryland, many places in the area. back to you. jonathan: you hope the lighter limbs fell on the car. steve: exactly. looks like a nice car. we are looking at the thunderstorm warning, severe thunderstorm warning southern maryland. another one issued. this is for jefferson, frederick, clark and part of loudoun county that includes winchester area. this is until 5:15 with gusty winds moving toward the southeast at 25 miles per hour. if you are in winchester keep an eye to the sky and watch the storm moving across the area. further south to cambridge and waldorf, that is where we have the heaviest rain. severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 4:45. so another ten minutes to go on t

we have gusty winds if they don't extend it lodger. head to district, arlington, alexandria, light rain to moderate rain around colonial village to reagan national airport. a little further off toward the west around tysons corner to idylwood. looking at a small sub but nothing warned on. a new warning, this is the one i just talked about until 5:15. this includes barryville and millwood. this is moving 20 miles per hour south and east. winchester are now on the back edge of it. south of you is where we have the stronger activities right now. as of the latest sweep with the radar, berryville has the strongest tomorrows. i wouldn't be surprised if win chester in the next ten minutes you are canceled out of the severe thunderstorm warning. widen it out a bit to give you a bigger view. d.c., montgomery to frederick county. a storm is blossoms around the hagerstown area.

thunderstorm warning in southern tip of garrett county. extreme western maryland. that is well out. i'll end with prince frederick, long beach, mechanicsville under a severe thunderstorm warning for ten minutes. we keep you updated here on abc7. but first we head out to the front of the building in rosslyn to brian van de graaff. brian: we have been standing here for 45 minutes or so. we saw the sun come out. believe it or not there is a little bit of blue. pan between the buildings and there is blue to georgetown across the river. wi have a tropical downpour. there is rain with the big drops coming down here. we saw a big wave south and east. there have been intense report. i heard golfball size hail from bowie,

isolated areas. north and west for the remainer of the everything your. they are becoming more isolated but they can pack a punch. after all the heavy rain that pushed through here in the last hour or so calmed down the atmosphere somewhat as it is dropping across the area. bottom line is there is still a watch that runs until 9:00. even if you are not under active warning we could get the heavier tropical downpours. isolated flooding to keep an eye out floor. there is still wind and hail. keep us on the toes for a little longer, although i think the bigger overall threat is diminishing somewhat. we have straggleers to the north and west and want to keep a close eye on those and keep you posted in the afternoon. what was a sunny few moments here is now damp and unsettled. nothing severe in rosslyn. keep an eye on the apps as you can as well and bring you the latest from inside the studio and outside. that is the latest from street side. back to you. jonathan: coming down at a

in the makeup room. dry you off. thank you so much. jonathan: remember, do stay with abc7 when winter weather or any storm weather like this severe weather we have been seeing hits. go to wjla.com. for up to the minute forecast. the second you need the app or the information you can have it there. download the stormwatch7 app. it's great if you are not in front of the tv. if there are any advisories issued it will go from the weather center to your phone. we are asking phonings to send in picture and video. take them while it's safe to do so. if you see something great, we have seen good pictures send them to us. wjla.com. pics@wjla.com. tragedy after the fire fly festival over the weekend. college junior from mclean killed in a crash near the festival. alison: jeff goldberg spoke to the student's best friend and is in the newsro

jeff: hunter attended the potomac school in mclean from kindergarten to 12th grade and graduated in 2014. the school community mourning his loss. he was from mclean, just 20 years old. in between the sophomore and the junior year at syracuse university. he and a close friend from mclane had been attending the fire fly music festival in dover, delaware. on saturday not far from the festival, watson was in the passenger seat of the friend's jeep grand cherokee when the drive ran a stop sign and slammed in an oncoming pickup truck. he was killed on the scene. authority say everybody involved was wearing seat belts and alcohol does not appear to be a factor. hunter watson is remembered as a kind, sweet person with a fashion for music and family and friends. >> he has a special place in my heart

me. he knows i was there for him, too. we couldn't talk for a couple of months because we went to different schools. when we did talk it was like we hadn't been apart. >> in a statement the potomac school expressing sadness for hunter's death calling him bright, creative and charismatic and personable young man with a great sense of humor. we spoke briefly to the mother of the young man who survived the crash and he is in physically and emotionally great pain. as you imagine. he was also beloved at syracuse. we'll tell you how so in a half hour. alison: tragic. thank you. jonathan: we'll be right back. sir, this alien life form is growing at an alarming rate. growing fast, you say? we can't contain it any long... oh! you know, that reminds me of how geico's been

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jonathan: police now say the two crashes on randolph road in colesville on friday are related. they happened less than a mile apart and within one minute of each other. when n the first wreck, police say hitchens flipped the car and was killed in the crash. a minute later barry crashed in a light pole at the corner of randolph and new hampshire avenue three. people ran off. he may have been connected with a crash days earlier

possible armed robbery a few hours before the crashes. >> every potential scenario we are playing through to see if it makes sense. that is important because we are looking for witnesses to saw something and help us out. jonathan: at this point they believe both drivers were speeding down the road before crashes and charges are spending. alison: now to the shocking death of "star trek" actor anton yelchin. investigators are looking into this car accident that killed the rising star in his own driveway. as our senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher shows us, his jeep was recalled a few months ago. and the car maker sent owners a new update days ago. lisa: the 27-year-old actor best known playing

of the "star trek" movie series died early sunday morning from asphyxia. killed after apparently getting out of his 2015 jeep grand cherokee in his driveway. the car striking him and fatally pinning him to the gated entrance to his home. now questions over whether his death could have been prevented. we are learning that the car that killed him is the same model jeep recalled in april. over a design defect that regulators warn could lead cars to "roll away" if the drive doesn't have the car in the proper gear when exiting the vehicle. >> the fundamental defect in the vehicles is that the transmission looks like it is in park but it is not in park. it can roll down a hill and strike the occupant. lisa: matt shows us the source of the potential problem. >> right now i'm in drive and i am putting it in park. you see the ge

back to the original position. it's confusing. if you are not looking at it, it is hard to tell what gear it is in. lisa: the car maker having 41 injuries related to the defective gear shifts recalling 800,000 cars. with the yelchin latest movie "star trek" due to open next month. >> i feel comfortable with the character for sure. it is exciting to revisit it and see what i can come up with. >> his "star trek" family mourning online -- alison: still to come, the votes are in for the best fast food in america.

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whole drink you are unreasonable? alison: we are happy to know that the storms move out of here quickly. steve: i got all my shots this morning so i am ready to go for the forecast. alison: the shot evenings press sew. not the vaccine -- the shot of expresso. not the vaccine. jonathan: i was like we don't bite very hard. maz i'm all confuse -- steve: i'm all confused. give you a quick update on newly issued thunderstorm for rappahannock, culpeper counties until 5:30. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for montgomery, frederick and loudoun until 5:30. the orange shape. this is storm with hail the size of silver dollars. radar around the capital beltway we have shower actit

the strongest of the storm on toward the north and the west of us. newly issued warning box. this includes poolsville to potomac area. this is moving toward the east and around 35-mile-per-hour. the other storm we had across southern maryland is moving across the by a. warning has come down for that storm. chesapeake beach, conditions will improve in the next half hour or so. this is until 5:30. the height of the storm are now beginning to shrink to 20,000, 25,000 feet high. tomorrow, it will get better around here. lower humidity and the middle to the upper

look at the quicken loans national at congressional, thursday, friday and upcoming weekend. we have temperatures in the lower 80's for the weekend. and moving in the middle 80's for the end of the weekend. give you a new update. this is northwestern prince william for loudoun and fauquier county. this is until 5:45. potential for golfball size hail. take control of the computer. this is just coming in and moving toward the southeast. at 25 miles per hour. we have the potential for golfball size hail but report of the wind gusts in upward of 70 miles pe

to dulles international airport. bull run, chantilly, middleburg, bluemont, upperville, those are the areas that will see the impact from the storm. this is a newly issued severe thunderstorm warning that came out until 5:45. this does include northwestern, fairfax county, northwestern, prince william county. this is all moving toward toward southeast. around 25 miles per hour. we have one, two, three warning boxes over here. we knew that the storms were going to pop up behind the stronger line of storms earlier. once this moves through we will keep our fingers crossed on this that things will improve a little bit out there.

the doppler at dulles we have a doughnut that is standard around this. the storm, the area around leesburg has red and the yellow and the oranges. this is moving north and east. you are in the path of the storm and i wouldn't be surprised if it holds together. we will keep you updated. wjla.com. back after this.

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>> we didn't get enough ice in the wintertime. leon: look at that. severe weather afternoon in the afternoon as the storms drop hail and rain across the region. we have crews on storm watch all over the area. the coverage begins with steve rudin. steve: severe thunderstorm warning reappearing on the map. everything shaded in orange including the southern frederick county, northwestern montgomery county to loudoun county. jefferson and berkeley under newly issued severe thunderstorm warning. it sends through the area. we have the potential of stronger storms. starting out to the west of us, severe thunderstorm warning moving from hedgeville. it will continue this cell here to move toward the south and the east at 25 miles per hour. this is the area that has just been warned on.