southmdwatcher

0.19" for the day, 1.71" for the month, and 11.2" for the year.

NWSChat - NOAA's National Weather Service PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 254 PM EDT MON MAY 1 2023 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/30/2023 TORNADO IN THE GREAT NECK AREA OF VIRGINIA BEACH... .VIRGINIA BEACH TORNADO... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 145 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 04/30/2023 START TIME: 5:48 PM EDT START LOCATION: EASTERN BRANCH OF LYNNHAVEN RIVER IN VIRGINIA BEACH START LAT/LON: 36.883/-76.086 END DATE: 04/30/2023 END TIME: 5:53 PM EDT END LOCATION: FORT STORY IN VIRGINIA BEACH END LAT/LON: 36.930/-76.010 THE TORNADO FORMED OVER THE EASTERN BRANCH OF LYNNHAVEN RIVER IN THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH. THE TORNADO PROGRESSED UP RIVER ROAD AS AN EF-1, PASSING BY THE GREAT NECK RECREATION CENTER. IT INCREASED TO AN EF-2 INTENSITY, AS IT MOVED INTO THE CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ONTO HAVERSHAM CLOSE WITH EF-3 INTENSITY. IN THIS AREA, SEVERAL HOMES WERE SHIFTED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND ROOFS AND UPPER WALLS WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED BROAD BAY AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF BAY ISLAND, CLIPPING WINDWARD SHORE DRIVE AS AN EF-1. IT THEN MOVED OVER FIRST LANDING STATE PARK AND INTO FORT STORY AS AN EF-1, SNAPPING TREES, DAMAGING BARRACKS, AND DAMAGING SEVERAL OTHER BUILDS BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE. APPROXIMATELY 115 HOMES WERE DAMAGED ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH. VEHICLES WERE OVERTURNED AND BOATS WERE SUNK AND MOVED. THERE WERE NO DEATHS AND NO INJURIES. NWS WAKEFIELD WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THANKS TO VIRGINIA BEACH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE U.S. NAVY AT FORT STORY FOR THE ASSISTANCES WITH THE TORNADO SURVEY.

Two small thunderstorms have rolled through here in the past 30 minutes.

The shear increase is starting and coming in from the west and the Gulf

https://twitter.com/RyanKellyWx/status/1640004057694629891?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1640004057694629891|twgr^2df247b2f18697cf94eef451432d1ba72cce0e91|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timebomb2000.com%2Fxf%2Findex.php%3Fthreads%2Fcatastrophic-tornado-in-ms-23-killed-4-missing-early-report-by-emergency-management.631736%2Fpage-8 This happened several hours ago as a thunderstorm approached Sardis Alabama, west of Montgomery. The storm was not tornado warned. TVS marker was evident on GRLevel2 Analyst at the time.

SPC has upgraded central Louisiana, central and southern Mississippi and Alabama to a moderate risk for tornadoes and hail for today and tonight.

Not for our region, but the Storm Prediction Center has upgraded central and southern Mississippi and Alabama to a Moderate Risk of tornadoes for this afternoon and tonight. And the KMXX radar is down for major upgrades on the east side of the Moderate risk zone near Montgomery/Auburn Alabama. What a change from a few days ago and a marginal risk.

More snow than rain now but still a mix

Rain/snow mix with medium sized flakes. Nice start for the next two weeks. Good luck up north

medium sized snowflakes mixed in now with the rain. What a Winter!

Rain and ice pellets to start

Ive been told by a friend in Nanjemoy MD. far western Charles County and low along the river that it snowed hard as the precipitation came through, we shall see shortly between Waldorf and La Plata. Radar looks good

61mph sustained non thunderstorm winds at Tucumcari NM

Severe storms for the at least parts of the region instead of the chase for snow. Sorry but that is what the models are yelling. Hope we get the mid to late March Hail Mary snow event.

This topic will get much more active this week after we let go of the snow chase.

0.4" Avoided the shutout!

28/25 Much colder than the last busted event.

Rain total of 2.42" for this event

It's gonna rain tomorrow in DC Metro and we have closings and delays already. This is soft. Rant done. Bring on some real Winter weather next week.

Wow, hope we never have to do another March 1984/April 16 2011 Carolina's Outbreak event.........

This event looks like there could be some significant tornadoes. On another note, severe outbreaks that crossover to multiple regional subforums, have had difficulties. In the older forum, the Central/Western states took it upon themselves to have threads for any event west of the Appalachians.

The Tornado Watch was suppose to expire at 3pm and the local extension into southern MD didn't mention anything about extending the time. Instability seems to be at or higher than forecasted this morning. What is the SPC/local NWS doing?

Tornado watch has been expanded into Charles and St Mary's Counties in Maryland

So how difficult is it to do a lottery drawing???

No split, the structure is improving as it heads northeast from Carrollton to Plano