WASHINGTON — A powerful cold front pushed through the Washington area early Saturday night, bringing showers and storms. While there were some severe storms with damaging winds reported, the threat of severe weather ended by midnight, according to ABC 7 Meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli.
“We expect any storms to diminish overnight and, as our winds become northerly behind the front, cooler and less-humid air will arrive,” he says adding this will set the stage for great weather Sunday, Sept. 7.
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for parts of D.C., Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Fairfax and Arlington counties, along with cities Fairfax and Falls Church in Virginia on Saturday.
As temperatures soared high into the 90s during the day, much of the WTOP listening area was under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m., according to ABC Weather’s Mike Stinneford.
Given the humidity, it felt like it was 100 degrees or more in parts of the area.
“As a cold front starts to push into this hot air mass, we will see storms developing this afternoon, and some of these storms could produce damaging winds, along with flooding downpours,” Stinneford says. “The front will be a slow mover, so showers may not end until the early morning hours of Sunday.”
A risk of showers will return Monday and Tuesday despite the pleasant temperatures.
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