Washington, DC included in Tornado Watch as millions on East Coast brace for severe storms on Sunday
Noaa's Storm Prediction Center has placed a large majority of the eastern U.s. from Georgia in the Southeast to the nation's capital in the mid-Atlantic in a Level 2 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.
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This includes cities like Savannah in Georgia, Columbia in South Carolina, Wilmington and Raleigh in North Carolina, Richmond and Virginia Beach in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
On Sunday afternoon, a Tornado Watch was issued for more than 10 million people in the mid-Atlantic, including cities like Washington and Fredericksburg and Richmond in Virginia.
The Tornado Watch will remain in effect for portions of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia until 10 p.m. ET.
The main threats from thunderstorms that develop will be damaging wind gusts and hail, but there's also the risk of some tornadoes in the mid-Atlantic.
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Tornadoes will be possible in portions of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
However, the higher tornado threat is located along the Interstate 64 corridor from Norfolk to Richmond in Virginia, as well as along the I-95 corridor from south of Richmond northward to Washington.
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Heavy rain could also lead to some flooding across portions of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Sunday.
Noaa's Weather Prediction Center has placed portions of seven states and the Washington, D.C., area in a Level 2 out of 4 risk for flash flooding on Sunday.Original article source: Washington, DC included in Tornado Watch as millions on East Coast brace for severe storms on Sunday
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