[Cheetah1]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2238
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0519 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL MD...ERN WV PNHDL...NRN/ERN VA...DC...ERN NC

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 833...834...

VALID 172219Z - 180015Z

THREATS FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WILL INCREASE FOR THE WASHINGTON D.C.AREA THROUGH 00Z. OTHERWISE...TORNADO WATCH 833 AND 834 WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 00Z FOR THE REMAINDER OF CNTRL MD...ERN WV PNHDL...NRN/ERN VA AND ERN NC FOR THE THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES. NEW TORNADO WATCHES WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED BEFORE 00Z.

SEVERAL WELL-DEFINED SUPERCELLS HAVE BEEN MOVING NWD AT AROUND 25 KTS IN A BAND ARCING FROM THE EXTREME ERN WV PNHDL SWD INTO CNTRL VA. ANOTHER BAND OF TSTMS WAS BEGINNING TO APPROACH THE POTOMAC RIVER FROM NEAR STERLING SWD TO EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG AND WILL BE IMPACTING THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA THROUGH 00Z.

[jays911]

prayers are needed. we from the midwest understand all too well the devastation that tornados can wreak. God bless.