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Late June 2012 storms


Ian

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Pretty bad one here but July 09 was worse. Power gone for a while i assume. No real damage other than tree clutter.

Generator kicking with cold fridge, fans, and plasma tv so I got a chance to test everything. Now that I know it works....can I have my power and ac back please? Lol

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This all sounds almost if not equal to the infamous July 15th 1995 early morning derecho event that hit Ontario, New York state and New England. I was in that one (northeast of Toronto) and had very similar observations, trees half bent over, estimated 80 mph gusts, continuous thunder and lightning for 20-30 mins and a nearby tornado. It also came after a record hot day (99 F at my location on 7-14-95). But as bad as this storm today may have been, the guidance is suggesting another very severe event late Saturday afternoon and evening (the timetable looks 2-3h faster and perhaps more, so it could hit at the peak of the late afternoon heating). Track on RGEM would be a touch north of the strongest portion of tonight's storm, a bit closer to the PA border.

Quite something to have all-time record highs and then a massive storm on the same day, but now you've missed out on the record high min which is good.

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My wife made fun of me when I checked the weather and plugged my blackberry in to charge at nine pm. I'm having the last laugh - but am guessing it won't be so funny when it's back up to 100 tomorrow and still no power... Is this seriously happening again tomorrow? Odds have got to be against a repeat...?

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I can see the light pollution from a few blocks away reflecting off the clouds so that it is bright enough to walk around outside w/o a flashlight.

we contemplated camping at our new house but didn't want to navigate back roads in the dark with trees and wires down, plus it looks like the power there is out anyway.

Sorry you are out of power. Hope it comes back overnight. My hours-old transformer held up.

I had a 46 mph gust and I'm over 0.50' of rain, but it looked much more severe down your way.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

1015 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW LEESBURG 39.08N 77.57W

06/29/2012 M69 MPH LOUDOUN VA AWOS

1022 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE ASHBURN 39.06N 77.47W

06/29/2012 E70 MPH LOUDOUN VA NWS EMPLOYEE

1052 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NNE DULLES INTERNATIO 38.96N 77.45W

06/29/2012 M71 MPH LOUDOUN VA ASOS

1055 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E MORNINGSIDE 38.83N 76.87W

06/29/2012 M68 MPH PRINCE GEORGES MD AWOS

1102 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N BALT-WASH INTL ARPT 39.18N 76.67W

06/29/2012 M66 MPH ANNE ARUNDEL MD ASOS

1105 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N BALT-WASH INTL ARPT 39.18N 76.67W

06/29/2012 M66 MPH ANNE ARUNDEL MD ASOS

1116 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NNW EASTPORT 38.99N 76.49W

06/29/2012 M58 MPH ANNE ARUNDEL MD ASOS

1045 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SE DAHLGREN 38.31N 77.03W

06/29/2012 M82 MPH ANZ536 VA BUOY

0949 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NNE HARRISONBURG 38.45N 78.87W

06/29/2012 M69 MPH CITY OF HARRISONBU VA MESONET

1116 PM TSTM WND GST 1 WSW WALDORF 38.63N 76.93W

06/29/2012 M71 MPH CHARLES MD MESONET

1034 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW KEYSER 39.42N 79.00W

06/29/2012 M60 MPH MINERAL WV CO-OP OBSERVER

1028 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W FREDERICKSBURG 38.30N 77.51W

06/29/2012 E80 MPH CITY OF FREDERICKS VA TRAINED SPOTTER

1048 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S REAGAN NATIONAL AIR 38.85N 77.03W

06/29/2012 M70 MPH ARLINGTON VA ASOS

0955 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SE WINCHESTER 39.15N 78.15W

06/29/2012 M61 MPH FREDERICK VA AWOS

0920 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NW WINTERGREEN 37.92N 78.95W

06/29/2012 M87 MPH NELSON VA MESONET

1035 PM TSTM WND GST RESTON 38.96N 77.35W

06/29/2012 M79 MPH FAIRFAX VA MESONET

1054 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE SEAT PLEASANT 38.91N 76.89W

06/29/2012 M76 MPH PRINCE GEORGES MD MESONET

1030 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSW DAMASCUS 39.26N 77.23W

06/29/2012 E70 MPH MONTGOMERY MD CO-OP OBSERVER

1058 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE SWAN POINT 38.31N 76.93W

06/29/2012 M77 MPH CHARLES MD BUOY

1130 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W SAINT INIGOES 38.14N 76.43W

06/29/2012 M61 MPH ST. MARYS MD AWOS

1134 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE PATUXENT RIVER NA 38.28N 76.41W

06/29/2012 M62 MPH ST. MARYS MD AWOS

1048 PM TSTM WND DMG FAIRFAX 38.85N 77.36W

06/29/2012 FAIRFAX VA EMERGENCY MNGR

0948 PM TSTM WND GST CROZET 38.07N 78.70W

06/29/2012 E70 MPH ALBEMARLE VA TRAINED SPOTTER

0950 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ENE CHARLES TOWN 39.29N 77.85W

06/29/2012 E60 MPH JEFFERSON WV TRAINED SPOTTER

0949 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSW WALKERSVILLE 39.48N 77.36W

06/29/2012 M59 MPH FREDERICK MD MESONET

*** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** TREE ON CAR IN SPRINGFIELD.

MULTIPLE ROOF CAVE INS.

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Just drove from Columbia to Baltimore. Police had shut down Governor Warfield Pkwy in Columbia in the southern direction because of what I assumed to be trees down. The northern route had some huge branches in the road that we had to slowly drive around to avoid. Branches were down all over the place on any road except for I-95 and MD-175. Even when we got to Baltimore, a construction fence was across the road, branches were down in our alley, and the rear neighbors' picnic table umbrella had uprooted from its moorings and flown into the next home's parking pad. All in a decent summer's storm.

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Pepco site says 400k without power; if I'm reading their site right, that's moco alone. No indication yet of when power comes back.

Here's a thought: if no power for 24 hours in many locations, and 100 degree heat, how many elderly are at risk of heat stroke? Hope someone is beginning to think about this.

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Pepco site says 400k without power; if I'm reading their site right, that's moco alone. No indication yet of when power comes back.

Here's a thought: if no power for 24 hours in many locations, and 100 degree heat, how many elderly are at risk of heat stroke? Hope someone is beginning to think about this.

No that's their whole service area.

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Hopefully they extend this farther east but this is pretty cool

One of the things that stands out to me is how many official reporting sites gusted over 70 mph today from the Midwest to the Mid Atlantic.

Midwest. Got pretty much the entire state of WV and VA too, except for some sparsly populated counties in the SW corner. Impressive coverage and a similar path to the right turn Derecho in 1995, except it didn't make a strong right turn.

Southern portion of the derecho is pretty meh, I'd say 45 max well out ahead of the precipitation. Impressive reports for those to the north. Hopefully the power comes back quickly, if not enjoy a couple of flicks and get used to the mall.

Sothern portion looks to get hit tomorrow. Th'll be some time to get Cape into SERN VA before the MCS gets thier. It might arrive too early in DC.

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Ahhhh...that felt Goooooood!

2.5"+ hail (yes, I have a picture...not sure how to move it in the cloud from my iphone to my iPad)

High winds (I can say that reports of winds over 70mph in the Damascus area is not out of the question

Obstacle course type driving was in deed a challenge. But having a lifted Jeep proved it's worth today!

Some cg lightning shots to boot...though will have to process them when the power is back on.

A good day!

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