Ellinwood Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Co-worker who is about 4-5 miles northeast of me in Gaithersburg reporting exactly what I did... nothing severe but awesome storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I don't see supportive winds anywhere especially since Dulles took a good core Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuddz Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Columbia looks like it's in the sweet spot for this line -- for a change. Yahtzee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 .26 rainfall. wished it was more but ill take it. Off to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 The lowest clouds are moving NE to SW now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Raining decently now, nice lightning and thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If there were a record for most severe thunderstorm warnings issued for D.C., it probably would be approaching it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevil02 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Southern end filling in nicely now. Should at least get a nice burst of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If your out near I-70 and towards 795, be watchful for winds. Book end vortex developing, these tend to mix down winds even after dark/ an inversion in place. Max 40mph ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Whiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If there were a record for most severe thunderstorm warnings issued for D.C., it probably would be approaching it this year. I guess they have to when it's close enough that some random strengthening or downburst could push it there. it does seem that things get warned here that arent warned west when they look as good or better west. But warning fatigue is an issue... warning just to warn is bad practice imo. And it does happen... partially because it helps lead time statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I have a bad feeling I'm going to get fringed. Prescience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Walked up to Fort Reno to watch it come in. The outflow breeze certainly felt nice. A lot of lightning but not much in the way of visible ground strokes. Backlit the clouds, which looked pretty cool. I like these thunderstorms that take a long time in gettng here and, once they arrive, don't pummel the power grid. If I go another decade without seeing 70 MPH winds and losing power for 80 hours while temperatures flirt with 100 , I won't complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 1.03" of rain in the first 16 minutes of the storm, at 1.21" now here in Clarksburg. Not a very windy storm with winds under 10mph for the duration except for an initial and very brief gust of 57mph at onset. Very active lightning producer with a bolt hitting a tree or pole within 50m of the house as the storm was winding down. I'll do a quick survey in the morning to see what it hit. Took out phone, cable and Internet (2 different services) so I'm guessing it was the telephone pole at the end of the driveway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 the dc portion is strengthening.. winds arriving here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 the dc portion is strengthening.. winds arriving here winds just kicked up here a bit edit: rain too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Got to see and feel the rain while outside... at least I think it was rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Pretty heavy rain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I am for one shocked to see radar look like that west of Balt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 board offline during storms #woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Congrats NE DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010 extreme Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Only sprinkled here, just had one big clap of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Got to see and feel the rain while outside... at least I think it was rain I think I heard a couple drops hit the side of the house for about 3.5 seconds. What a ripoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Glorious rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Congrats NE DC VIL shot up pretty well there also. 0.28" here. More wind w/the outflow than the storm itself. Decent amount of CC lightning in the trailing region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevil02 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looks like a hell of a storm for DC proper. Some nice rain in old town, most of the lightning is north of here. Flashes of light constantly, but not much thunder. Miss my old 6th floor apt looking west of Rock Creek Park right now. Views were unreal for these types of storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACFD FIREMAN Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Nice rain on the backside. Plenty of lightning and thunder along with it. Much more than with the initial line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammrben Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Some fine stuff up here in Petworth. Copious amounts of rain. And a beautiful lightning display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Bowing out for balt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Genteel rain attm. Very welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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