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Tornado Watch 392

June 8, 20259 counties in Maryland; 62 counties in Virginia; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 8, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT for 9 counties in Maryland; 62 counties in Virginia; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2025, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 55 kt

All 73 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 30%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 10%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 70%

Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	25 min
Jun 8, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry	47 min
Jun 8, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Richmond	23 min
Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex	31 min
Jun 8, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	39 min
Jun 8, 4:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	23 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah	4 hr
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	39 min
Jun 8, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	56 min
Jun 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	36 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 8, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	35 min
Jun 8, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	40 min
Jun 8, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	54 min
Jun 8, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg	41 min
Jun 8, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah	61 min
Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie	22 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan	30 min
Jun 8, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	35 min
Jun 8, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	29 min
Jun 8, 9:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	5 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Montgomery, Prince George's, Saint Mary's and 2 more	86 min
Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more	89 min
Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Howard and 6 more	88 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	66 min
Jun 8, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell and 29 more	7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.