WxUSAF

Little patch of blue sky overhead with a good view of the strong storm approaching Baltimore just to my east. 

I'm sure someone in FredCo will say conditions were "unexpected" or some nonsense like that.  Always blame the forecasters.  

This is from one of the Orioles announcers

Cell north of Towson heading for @mappy now warned

@Ian says debris signature on radar from the Annapolis twister

Was just about to post some spinny velocity scans on the cell near King George VA. But I see it’s already warned.

12 minutes ago, donyewest said:

@WxUSAF Don't worry but work quickly: I got water, 0.25~0.50", across half my finished basement last week from a thunderstorm dumping 2.5-3" in ~2hrs via a basement window well.  I freaked out and worked through the night to get the water up, started a dehumidifier, and then grabbed 2 smaller ones on sale.  Been running them all and RH is 35%; the water didn't even reach the drywall, it was absorbed by the 2x4 frames.  As long as it isn't reoccurring or consistently moist down there then you should be fine (3x coats of moisture barrier on the walls here in soggy wstrn PA).

Also bought an automatic pump from Harbor Freight should anything close to that try to happen again.

Thanks for the feedback. We didn’t even have anywhere near that much. Just a damp spot in the corner and then a small “puddle” next to that less than 0.1” deep. 
 

I always run a dehumidifier back there and I have a fan blowing on that area as well.

HoCo dismissing 3 hrs early

6 minutes ago, H2O said:

Bummer.  Glad it isn't any worse.  Now you just have to worry about getting slabbed later.  We all do.

Yeah, then my slab will flood. 

My inkling is that very rare water into the basement isn’t worth a major intervention. 

Got a little water in the basement this morning after that deluge. That’s happened a handful of times since we moved in after the most intense rain. I don’t think I need to be too concerned? Just will clean it up and dry it out as best as possible.

9 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Is it ever not toasty?

Could be the coldest winter for the rest of our lives!

2 minutes ago, mappy said:

Radar seems down too... not just LWX but everywhere?

COD website is updated 

Just now, mappy said:

damn friend. and its not even 7am

12z GFS from yesterday missed it by THAT much.

2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Pretty intense storm woke us all up. 6.5”/hr rain rate on the nearby PWS!!

2 hours ago, yoda said:

No rain shield for you lol

Major rain shield fail. 2.32”, most of that in 30 minutes. 

Pretty intense storm woke us all up. 6.5”/hr rain rate on the nearby PWS!!

I liked how the periodical cicadas were polite enough to be quiet by 6pm or so. The damn annual cicadas just get louder near dusk.

WPC has a high risk of excessive rainfall just into south PA and includes a sliver of Garrett County.

Euro broadly 1.5-2.5” of rain through the metro regions. 

Hug the HREF if you’re rooting for precip. 3”+ for everyone north of EZF more or less.

22 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

12z NAM is ugly. Dry, cloudy. Would be a complete bust.

GFS is worse.

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

Lol, two very brief showers. Looks like I’m waiting to see if that FredCo batch hangs together

Falling apart right on cue

2 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Frustrated Jim Carrey GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

The series of incredibly near misses for MBY is kind of remarkable at this point. Pretty much all of August since the Columbia tornado. 

12 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Did we whine our way to something? Looks like radar gave something to Columbia - did you get any of that?

Lol, two very brief showers. Looks like I’m waiting to see if that FredCo batch hangs together

Nice rainbow as the rain does everything it can to avoid me

16 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

The FFW up this way was kinda hilarious looking at radar…

HoCo rain ray shield laughs at these puny sprinkles