Storms running along 270 and south across the river to loudoun county. Another storm near woodstock. This stuff moves eastward. Its a fair amount of lightning and a smaller area. We track this eastward over the next hour or so. We will see it move through germantown, gaithersburg and rockville before 5 00. The southern end will probably stay along the Potomac River in loudoun county. Beyond that we will see ourselves with a chance of showers and storms longer. Again, the entire area in the day remains under the heat advisory for one more day. As the heat index values feel like 100 degrees or higher. Be back with the latest on the warnings and any additional ones in a few minutes. Alison okay, doug. Thank you very much. This was a big surprise around here today. Breaking news out of d. C. Where Longtime Police chief cathy lanier announced that she is finished at the end of the month. Michelle the next move for her, the National Football league. Jonathan thank you for staying with abc7 n
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