Major Tornado Outbreak Underway in Washington D.C. Area

NWS | 9/17/04

[Cheetah1]

According to CHannel 4, people are literally running from airplanes for cover at Dulles. Dulles is shut down

[GummyIII]

Reporting on it again on Weather Channel

[TonyInOhio]

Gee...nuthin' on the MSM yet. Go figure. Heard it here first, again

Amen, Brother.

[Cheetah1]

Ashburn tornado went through the town. Damage reported.

Ambulances being called out.

[beansox]

prayers indeed..but ut was funny..reminded me of airplane!!

[savedbygrace]

I blame the TSA.

[dfwgator]

Where's "Bullseye" Cantore?

[SE Mom]

"Great, we not only have tornadoes, we have airplanes chasing people around."

ROTFLMAO...iced coffee ALL over puter screen :)

[Bahbah]

"This looks like what would be a normal spring day in Oklahoma."

Kansas also, where I used to live, although we're pretty familiar with them here in St. Louis. Time spent in the basement often.

[sweetliberty]

What's it like where y'all are at?

[Cheetah1]

Possible injuries at the airport.

[GaltMeister]

Humm, I read on DU that Halliburton & the BFEE were going to fire up their Florida hurricane machine tonite, something must be out of whack. /sarcasm

[Brad’s Gramma]

Guess who flew to DC today? Guess.

[Thinkin' Gal]

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Pronunciation: 'st&r-li[ng]
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Main Entry: 2sterling
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[sweetliberty]

"Great, we not only have tornadoes, we have airplanes chasing people around."

.

[nwctwx]

[Mo1]

Gramps???

[GaltMeister]

"Great, we not only have tornadoes, we have airplanes chasing people around."

DC is heavily Democrat, they must be Republican airplanes.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yeppers.

[nwctwx]

ping

[Cheetah1]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
643 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004

DCZ001-MDZ004>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ053-054-172330-

...MULTIPLE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOWER SOUTHERN
MARYLAND...AND THE WASHINGTON...BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREA THIS EVENING...

THE REMNANTS OF IVAN HAVE SPAWNED NUMEROUS TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. THOSE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 NEED TO BE READY TO TAKE ACTION THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA!!