The D.C. area is bracing for a line of severe storms Wednesday to bring blinding rain, powerful wind gusts, lightning, hail and the risk for an isolated tornado. The latest forecast models consistently show a dangerous line of storms reaching the D.

A robust and dynamic system sweeps across the nation with severe weather on Tuesday for the Deep South and the East Coast on Wednesday. The day will start mild and humid. Winds will increase out of the south during the morning and gust up to 40 mph.

A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, the Tidal Potomac River, and areas along the I-95 corridor, including central Maryland, northern Virginia, and Washington,