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3 hours ago, usedtobe said:

0.19" here in northern Calvert. That will teach me not to give the hurricane model radar forecasts much credence at our latitude. 

 

Wes it looks like few spots St Mary’s got 5” in an hour?  That had to flood a lot?

Streamers from north rotating  around toward DC 

Wow St Mary’s 

Gust to 52 at Tangier  Island 

Crisfield would have been very good for this 

No radar hallucination as that rain mass is moving almost due north with a breakout of storms around Dale City 

Wild drive to Baltimore up 95

Lots of green leaf shredding between 198 and 32 and then again around 100. Constant lightning in Balt for half hour and heavy rain 

Got some heavy rain and few gusts to 35

15 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

2008 and 2006 are the gold standard for multiple rounds.

Think though that 2006 is better known for that lengthy 8”+ deluge 

1 hour ago, MN Transplant said:

Can’t recall the last time I was in two severe warnings in the same day, but separated by a significant amount of time.

I’ve had three rounds. Probably 2010 last time in a day and really just 7 hour period .

1st round rating :

Rain-10

Hail-8

Lightning-8

Wind-5

Other two round unspectacular thus unrated.

I think it’s not area wide but I’ve got 2.3” on the day.  

43 minutes ago, The Dude said:

I can verify that.  I just measured to confirm that at the height of the rain, I could not see a house that is 65 yards away.  I've never lost sight of that house before in a rainstorm.

Your earlier report was much like mine.  In the Snowmaggedon 8-10am white out I could not see the house across the street and in the July 2010 extreme thunderstorm I nearly lost sight of it and same extremely low visibility today.

On a line from Bethesda to Wheaton to Silver Spring to Greenbelt looks like isolated 1”+ in 10-15 minutes.  That’s equal to lowest visibility ever for me in rain .

It’s been as dark as about 8:45 for last 30 minutes 

Round two began at 3:03 and so far non insane white out rain. Just ordinary 3”ph stuff 

Hibiscus pots and lawn furniture blow over but no limb damaged and sun popping  back out 

Going crazy, serious hail downpour for 30 seconds and near white out of rain 

Deluge just got here with sharp lightning and near instant thunder report 

In the direct sun wet bulb highest of the year, 114. 

I just don’t see any lengthy heat surge in July.  This high plains High pressure has visited us 3 times and really has not yet moved southeast and set up as a Bermuda high. It’s going to be quite hot thru Wednesday and then another round of 80-85 highs and 50’s and 60’s lows thru July 4th.

For DC if the scorching pattern has not set up by July 4th then it infrequently does 

3 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Meanwhile, just an absolutely beautiful evening here. Lots of fireflies tonight too.

Yes most of season tonight, I look at same spot for 10 seconds and count and pause 10 sec then repeat two more time.  I got 13, 8 and 12 twinkles in each time span .

Area I'm looking at is about 8x8’ and I’m  30 feet away

6 hours ago, BlizzardNole said:

That Kettering storm was unbelievable.  I still remember the date -- July 10, 1978.    The hail was tennis ball size and took out all the west-facing windows of people's houses.  I remember my dad running from window to window helplessly as they shattered.  Everyone got new roofs too.  The Orlando storm caused $1,500 damage to my car and some neighborhoods had several inches of hail on the ground.

I was on Harry Truman Dr in Largo and hail was quarter sized and green hue to sky just sickly.  Luckily I got my car into a carport.

the house I was visiting  had 4 broken windows and shingle damage.  The siding was vinyl but many were metal and damaged 

DCA102

iAD 101

BWI 103

RIC 103

Line zigzagging thru DC and intensifying 

1.2” total and an overall excellent raking 

54 minutes ago, BlizzardNole said:

Not quite severe but pretty intense -- very heavy rain with lots of lightning, a couple gusts to about 50, and a brief shot of small hail.  I always get nervous with hail because it always starts small.  I have bad memories of two monster hailstorms in Kettering, MD in 1978 and Orlando, FL in 1992. 

I’m not sure but that 1978 one is the one I think my client who had gone to work at AC airport told me he picked up the very tops of our cells at 70,000.’

1” in 20 minutes, that’s rare air for me. Sligo creek going nuts and now winds picking up