Posted on 06/04/2008 12:14:25 PM PDT by Pyro7480
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAUNTON VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PATUXENT RIVER MARYLAND. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 446...
DISCUSSION...BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WV WILL TRACK EASTWARD AND AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHERN PA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MD...AND NORTHERN VA THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM IN MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL VA. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT AND DEGREE OF INSTABILITY INDICATE A RISK OF SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL..AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. BOW ECHO FORMATION IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH AN ASSOCIATED ENHANCED RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS.
Who’s in session today?
LOL
Who’s in session today?
Tell them all to get outside for a better view.
Damaging winds? Just Obama’s oratory.
I’m here in Rockville right now, and we’re getting hammered by a big noisy thunderstorm.
There’s so much hot air blowing up on Capital Hill, it’s a wonder the roof doesn’t blow off!
Yep...in Gaithersburg.
Here in Fairfax VA it looks like a hurricane has hit —
lights blinking on and off —pounding rain....
Right now (3:20 EDT) there’s a line of thunderstorms running almost directly along I-95/I-395/I-83 from Fredericksburg, VA to the MD/PA line, with severe thunderstorm warnings along most of that length.
}:-)4
Ha!
I sucks here in Bethesda right now.
It’s a doozy, but nothing more than a severe thunderstorm in the summer downtown.
Understand there’s strong rotation up near beltsville though.
Immediate term limits......hee hee
It’s pretty strong stuff (hic!)... ;)
I thought this was about Hillary and Obama :), seriously take these serious, my hometown in Iowa was hit Memorial weekend and it killed 7 in the two town area. There had been storms, but never a tornado in the area. I live in KC now and we have had our share of nasty weather this Spring.
Stay safe
Look out folks - those things go faster when they get on the Interstate...
;->
Wife works in downtown Washington...getting hammered now.
We’re getting very dark and heavy sprinkles starting in Baltimore County.
Funnel Cloud? Blame Global Cooling!
“Global Warming Reduces Tornadoes”
http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2008/05/global-warming.html
I just rode thru one patch of heavy T-storms in Sterling, VA. Just getting back online as I unplugged every piece of electronic equipment at the time. Power went off a good dozen times, and when the power was on, the lights were flickering like mad.
Doesn’t it usually suck in Bethesda?
Pouring rain and winds here near Balt! Looks like tornado!
My wife was just driving back from Damascus to Mont Village and said that every road they tried, trees were down so she would have to turn around and try a different way.
Nah, they’re heading for Ocean City. The storms’ll probably get backed up at the Kent Narrows Bridge on US 50 like everybody else used to.
Heads up, Baltimordor, they’re heading your way...
}:-)4
Now that is interesting. Thanks for the link.
Some good news:
MOSCOW, Ind. - Tornadoes ripped through this central Indiana community and skipped over National Guard barracks full of sleeping soldiers as thunderstorms battered the Ohio Valley, authorities said Wednesday. . . .
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather_12
Force 5... Congress... As the Cap & Tax Bill is being read... Divine intervention? lol
I probably took the same route back to Mount Airy. There were a lot of trees down.
It took me 2 hours to get home yesterday (as opposed to the usual hour and change). Numerous traffic signals out, tree branches and power lines in the road, and so on. I drove from Silver Spring to Mt. Airy via Georgia Avenue and I-70. It seemed that the whole town of Mt. Airy was blacked out.
No power at the schools...kids off today.
Traffic is still a mess this afternoon. 270 and 495 are backed up.
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