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Update: D.C. National Mall Evacuated Tornado Warning County of Fairfax, Virginia
NWS ^ | July 4, 2007

Posted on 07/04/2007 2:38:06 PM PDT by RDTF

Edited on 07/04/2007 2:54:52 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR CENTREVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OAKTON... BURKE... MERRIFIELD... THE I66 AND I495 INTERCHANGE... VIENNA... TYSONS CORNER... ANNANDALE... THE I395 AND I495 INTERCHANGE... SPRINGFIELD...

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER! DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES! TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS!

LAT...LON 3888 7755 3882 7752 3873 7716 3895 7719

$$ HTS/MANNING


Update:

Fox News

National Mall Cleared For Fear of Tornados

WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police evacuated thousands of people from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon, as severe weather interrupted July Fourth festivities.

Authorities used loudspeakers to ask Independence Day revelers to clear off the lawn and head to safer locations, including museums lining the National Mall, until further notice.

The National Weather Service has placed all of Maryland under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. ET. That means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. A tornado warning was also issued for an area of Montgomery County, Md., a suburb of the city, and funnel clouds had been spotted in the county. A tornado was also reportedly spotted in Columbia, Md., part of the Metro D.C. area.

Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288070,00.html


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: fairfaxcounty; independenceday
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To: leda

That’s why we won’t go all the way over to the Island. There are places on the causeway where we can turn around and avoid the traffic!


61 posted on 07/04/2007 5:24:10 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: RDTF

I started watching until Danza came out...left for a minute, but back now. Yolanda Adams singing now. Here’s a thread that popped up: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860998/posts


62 posted on 07/04/2007 5:27:18 PM PDT by Dysart
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To: xsmommy

Oh my - the horrors, having to eat out.........LOL!

Glad all is cool with you and your gang. These kinds of storms spook me. A funnel cloud went over Chincoteague last Thursday, thankfully it never touched down.


63 posted on 07/04/2007 5:28:39 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: xsmommy

we cooked it all inside b/c of the storm.
don’t these storms know better than to
time the worst of it at gilling time? ;)

we usually see the fireworks at the h.s. too.
taking a pass this yr b/c it’s so darned wet
and humid out there. ugh! :(


64 posted on 07/04/2007 5:29:17 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: Dysart

got it - yes it was him! (Yamin) I was impressed


65 posted on 07/04/2007 5:32:14 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: Gabz

we were watching Channel 8 pretty closely, knowing that the kids had plans, so we were up to the minute on where the storm was and when. we had hail and Tstorms but it passed pretty quickly. xsteen and her friends were dead set on going down for the national fireworks considering they had never been. her one friend is from Ireland, so one wouldn’t expect her to have been, but the others are natives here and haven’t seen them. Hey, we went when we were first married and had no kids, and being in that sea of humanity holds ZERO appeal for me now. it was gross even then!


66 posted on 07/04/2007 5:32:36 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: ChildOfThe60s

They will probably make Montgomery Co a Tornado sanctuary county.


67 posted on 07/04/2007 5:33:53 PM PDT by Perdogg (congratulations - you have just won an ipod nano)
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To: leda
cooking steak in the oven was just not jazzing me, so we opted to go out. nothing i had prepared will go bad before tomorrow, so there won't be any waste.

we had been going to Army Navy CC to watch the fireworks the past few years, but the kids are wanting to be with their friends and so that has them going different directions this year.

68 posted on 07/04/2007 5:35:00 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RDTF

Unfortunately, PBS here in CA won’t show it until 8 PDT. Glad it’s good, though!


69 posted on 07/04/2007 5:35:34 PM PDT by lainie
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To: Gabz
Link to the WP story. And this is the listing he's considering. Where he's supposedly going to come up with $35m, I don't know...
70 posted on 07/04/2007 5:38:54 PM PDT by lainie
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To: xsmommy

I can understand that with the kids.......but I’m with you, I do not like crowds. If I could finagle a way out of going back ut this evening, I would.......but I have already been overridden on my desire to stay home.


71 posted on 07/04/2007 5:38:58 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: lainie

well get ready - right now they have Little Richard on. LOL


72 posted on 07/04/2007 5:39:39 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: RDTF

Hopefully the tornado will destroy the entire city, as long as no bad person dies.


73 posted on 07/04/2007 5:40:48 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: xsmommy

mr patton had an itchin’ for steak and irish nachos
so i just sliced the steaks and sauteed them up like
korean bulgoki. his only complaint was that i didn’t
drown the potatos in olive oil. lol!


74 posted on 07/04/2007 5:42:00 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: leda

i could have used the Foreman grill for the chicken, but not the t-bones, and i wanted the WHOLE meal i had planned, not just bits and pieces of it. so we will have it tomorrow. though there are people consuming the dessert even as i speak....


75 posted on 07/04/2007 5:55:38 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; leda

Oh well - daddy rules and so we’re going..........

Had he not interupted her reading she would have never noticed.........

I know I will enjoy them, once I get over the snit of having to go back out at this ridiculous houre of the evening.

Later gators.


76 posted on 07/04/2007 6:01:27 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: xsmommy

tell them no dessert tomorrow with the yummilicious dinner ;)


77 posted on 07/04/2007 6:03:52 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: Gabz

hey gabz, smuggle a bottle of wine, it’ll make
the evening oh so much happier for ya ;)


78 posted on 07/04/2007 6:05:10 PM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: RDTF
Little Richard? [scrunched face]

This picture is fab though. Love it.

There's no way to know if the AP doctored it.

79 posted on 07/04/2007 7:15:27 PM PDT by lainie
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To: lainie

I watched Little Richard, and opined that he has a lot more talent than most rap singers.


80 posted on 07/04/2007 7:24:22 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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