snowdude Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 According to the local models, (high res, NMM, ARW, etc) bad storms are possible again between 5-11pm tonight. Hopefully not as bad, but winds will be the major factor again. Bow echo storms, MCS event again! I was driving during the storms yesterday and was on 95 in Richmond when the line moved through. I could barely hold on and keep my car driving in a straight line. Amazing lightning and powerful winds. I saw many accidents and trees blocking the roads. Now I have no phone service at home. I'm excited for more storms today like many of you are but the damage that comes along with it is not wanted obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 death toll up to 11 now VA-6, NJ-2, MD-1, KY-1, OH-1 someone died in dc in a related incident as well but not directly attributed i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 for the files: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Driving around Columbia approx 10am, not too bad on main roads. A few scattered traffic light outages. Tree branches of varying sizes are down of course. Side streets are much more littered with branches, twigs, leaves and related blown debris (a few of the neighbors flower pots still sitting in the middle of my side street at noon). Morning low 71.2 degrees actually felt nice with a breeze at 7am. Rainfall of 0.43" definitely one of the few plus'es. 12:30pm temp is 84.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I guess we can defer the "OPM Watch" until tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I drove around a bit and got gas for my generator. We got tallywhacked pretty good. Lots of trees on powerlines, houses, roads, cars, and even trees on top of trees. Got some ok pics. Will post once I get power back. Prob in a week or two. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Slight risk holds on 1630z update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I would def prefer to be w/o power in the winter (sometimes happens) than in 95-105F temps Good luck to you folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 ekster posted this on FB but going to save it here. crazy sounding at dulles last night.. super eml. I couldn't believe when I saw that on the SPC site last night. To think that came from a major city on the East Coast is almost unthinkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 It does appear the best instability is currently well west right now. Hopefully it stays there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 13z HRRR has a bow echo looking thing to the NW of DC at 21z. We'll see. Is that from GRearth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 finally looked thru photos.. didn't really get anything.. tho i didnt try of course after our mishap. here's one transformer blowing up with the gust front also evident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just drove around my neighborhood. One road closed due to tress and a wire down in the roadway. A couple smaller trees down also. A couple businesses are without power but nothing major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 lololol - One of my neighbors just emailed all of the people who live here and said that only 4 people had reported outages in our neighborhood and that she thought more needed to call in so we'd get faster service. I showed her a screenshot of the outage map and she said "oh I thought those big orange and yellow blobs didn't matter" - She only looked at the tiny green triangles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Is that from GRearth? Yes it is. The 14z run has storms at about the same time in the same place but they are more scattered looking and not in a bow shape. The 16z RAP has storms in the same general vicinity. Hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 12z HRW-NMM has a little something out near the panhandle at 21z, then has it south of DC by 00z HRW-ARW not nearly as robust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 for posterity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Looks like things starting to flare up near the wv panhandle. Probably the more unstable area to our west that CoastalWx mentioned. If its going to storm again, I put my vote in for earlier rather than later. "Wow" to Ian's post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Jesus Christ is Lord - in case anyone forgot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Jesus Christ is Lord - in case anyone forgot ha didnt even see that. of course i went to the foxnews image first to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yes it is. The 14z run has storms at about the same time in the same place but they are more scattered looking and not in a bow shape. The 16z RAP has storms in the same general vicinity. Hmm The HRR will be far more interesting once convection finally fires today. Until then the model just seems to sorta "make stuff up" (intended). Actually, it looks like that might be starting now just north of the MD panhandle. I haven't seen GRE since last year, the inclusion of the rapid meso models looks to be a nice addition. Too bad Mike still doesn't really "want" it used as a model viewer; perhaps if he did he'd toss in QPF as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 total disaster. we got overtaken by the line before getting to shelter. one of the scariest weather moments of my life sprinting through trees as they were bending sideways along the tidal basin.. then my camera dropped out of my bag and my phone is soaked. Around here we had had heavy rain and then the wind picked up gradually. Sounds like south of here it was more like The July 1995 and July 2009, where the wind and rain hit at the same time. The delayed wind gusts here actually confused me a bit, I was thinking of posting "bust" but decided to give it another few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 ha didnt even see that. of course i went to the foxnews image first to find it. Baltimore Sun to add to the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 more for the files: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Jesus Christ is Lord - in case anyone forgot He's coming back as a hot chick, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 we're not recovering spectacularly thus far though there isnt a shortage of what's needed for severe weather either. i certainly would not expect something as bad.. but we could definitely still get a large squall line through a smaller area. Good luck guys, freezers and fridges packed with ice will last 48 hours. I will pull an Ian here, don"t any of you have cameras? Pics of damage please. Hope everything gets better soon, stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 What are the chances of an MCS becoming another derecho this evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Were the total outages 1.3 million in the DC area, or was it a bit higher? I think people in some headlines are including total outages from the derecho itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Good luck guys, freezers and fridges packed with ice will last 48 hours. I will pull an Ian here, don"t any of you have cameras? Pics of damage please. Hope everything gets better soon, stay safe. i had a camera... i'll wander the area a bit later with my old one to see if i can find anything. there are a number of parts of trees down around me. have seen some pretty hefty damage pics in the area. these are all from last night sure there are better from today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/dcs-derecho-storm-in-photos-and-tweets/2012/06/30/gJQAimMyCW_blog.html?tid=pm_local_pop i hope i can get the data off my iphone at least. i took a min long vid as the first part hit. i think i got a sign blowing into a car driving by but it kinda sucks in low light. was funny.. two guys were fishing off the bridge we went by. as we ran past i told them they should get inside. they're like "huh?" -- a few minutes later we were trapped behind the low wall and they came running up and crouched next to us -- "this is some crazy storm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Nothing major around here but here are a couple pictures. Tree and Wire Down: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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