Our region could be in store for damaging winds and hail on Wednesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service says it’s likely a severe weather watch will be issued for the area shown in red, including Montgomery County and must of the Washington region:

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE…80 PERCENT

SUMMARY…THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN/WEST-CENTRAL PA AND PORTIONS OF MD/NORTHERN VA/WV PANHANDLE AND THE DC METRO VICINITY. A WATCH IS LIKELY BY AS EARLY AS MID-AFTERNOON.

Via National Weather Service