UPDATE! Washington DC/Arlington, Virginia: Some pretty wild photos, videos, and damage reports are coming from Falls Church, Arlington, and DC. The NWS will be conducting surveys to determine whether a tornado actually touched down. Pretty crazy stuff.

Severe storms hammered the D.C. area with heavy rain lightning and, in some places, hail Thursday, and a number of homes have no power. A flash flood warning is in effect for D.C., Montgomery, Prince George's, Arlington and Fairfax counties as well as Alexandria, Fairfax, Manassas Park and Falls Church cities until 1:45 a.m. Friday. In the evening, tornado warnings were in effect for D.C. and Prince George's County. There were also thunderstorm warnings in effect for D.C. and parts of Montgomery, Prince George's, Arlington and Fairfax counties as well as the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria. Dominion, Pepco and BGE each reported power outages. Showers are set to continue overnight and into Friday morning.

LAPD HQ: Today officers responded to a radio call to meet the fire department. What they found when they arrived was a 60’ Connex box containing approximately 2,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. Bomb squad transferred the items to a single box truck and moved them to an approved storage facility. The presence of these volatile fireworks in our communities can have devastating consequences, especially when stored improperly. Please be safe and if you see something say something. 1(877) 275-5273 (ASK LAPD).

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public’s help locating At Risk Missing Person Shadi Pakatchi. She is a 46 year-old female White who was last seen on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at approximately 5:00 a.m., on the 4500 block of Vahan Court in Lancaster.

Shadi is 5’7” tall, 125lbs with shoulder length blonde hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and black scrub-type pants. She was last seen driving a white 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage, CA license plate: UT 6L1VV.

Ms. Pakatchi suffers from Schizophrenia and her family is very concerned for her well-being.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477) http://lacrimestoppers.org

LAPD Hollywood Division: While conducting extra patrol near the bars on Hollywood Blvd, officers assigned to our HED unit observed a man walking down the sidewalk with a gun in his waistband. The man was detained and a records check revealed the gun was stolen. He was arrested & booked at Hollywood jail.