Mike Thomas

With another round of some heavy thunderstorms moving into our western zones, some areas to our west may be looking at flash flooding concerns tonight. Stay on guard for rapidly rising waters and street flooding in these regions where some earlier storms dropped heavy rain. https://t.co/QzTFCWFuzC

Storms continue to push northward through northern Virginia & Southern Maryland. Much of northern Virginia remains under a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:45pm. Gusty winds the primary concern. Very heavy rain in these cells as well. https://t.co/CTwOp7J6lh

A number of strong to severe thunderstorms pushing up through northern Virginia at this hour. Some VERY heavy rains and a lot of lighting in this cluster. Seek shelter until this has passed by! https://t.co/yxj4VfFiOx

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for DC, Baltimore...and many surrounding counties until midnight tonight as a strong line of thunderstorms pushes northward out of central Virginia. Several warned storms are moving into southern portions of Northern Virginia as we speak. https://t.co/60nkOwLSk3

Severe Thunderstorm Watch threat up from 40% to 60% as the National Weather Service monitors the storms advancing northward out of the Richmond area towards DC. https://t.co/dHJRU86pbG

Best shot for any severe weather around DC today would likely come from the cluster of cells that's near Richmond at this hour. 3kmGRAF suggest these would approach DC between 6:30-7:30pm. Once that batch moves though, looks quieter the rest of the night. https://t.co/hbMpoNuXth

40% risk of a severe thunderstorm watch this afternoon & evening as NWS expects the severe threat to be isolated. ⛈️ https://t.co/c1yjDLv884

Always funny to see storms moving from east to west in this region. Cutoff lows to our west will do that! Isolated severe weather is possible again this afternoon. Because of the increased shear we can’t totally rule out a tornado risk, though not expecting any sort of outbreak. https://t.co/JYoSxIuuTE

RT @Bopegfs: I got some decent drone footage of the rotating wall cloud going to the west of Baltimore earlier. Also some nice lightning as…

RT @midatlaerial: Pano of the severe thunderstorm tonight as it passed through Eldersburg and Sykesville, MD. @JustinWeather @capitalweathe…

Storms mostly on the south-to-north track though a few have fired just north of the city. They remain most widespread west of town. ⛈️ https://t.co/cBUSlZlYSg

Cells are isolated but those that are out there are on the stronger side! Some big hail reports today from these cells ⛈️ https://t.co/CWqX24o21t

Scattered storms I-95 and west this afternoon & evening but today’s models really holding off on the more widespread shower activity until much later tonight. https://t.co/KxOAWi2M3N

SPC has our western zones at a "slight risk" (level 2/5) for severe weather on Saturday. Not thinking it's too widespread, but one or two cells could be on the strong side. Later afternoon showers and storms look to linger into Sunday morning as well. https://t.co/uBw4FH0UJI

We've seen a few localized pop-up thunderstorms fire in the heat of the afternoon, but these have been quick movers. An isolated storm will remain in the forecast through this evening. Expect more on Saturday. https://t.co/KLjWAJeH0U

Here's how the Fox Model sees the weekend outlook. First half of Saturday look nice, but hot. Scattered storms then likely later in the day. Sunday you can see the upper low spinning out in the Midwest. Will keep us unsettled the front half of next week. No washouts, but showery. https://t.co/KYTPPVB1t2

Officially the warmest first two months of meteorological spring in DC history, surpassing 1945! https://t.co/63HBh6pcMN