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6.8.15 Obs: Destruction From Above!


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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
654 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
NORTHWESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...  
EAST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT  
 
* AT 653 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING  
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MANCHESTER TO GREEN VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT  
40 MPH.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WESTMINSTER...MOUNT AIRY...HAMPSTEAD...MANCHESTER...SYKESVILLE...  
OAKLAND...ELDERSBURG...OWINGS MILLS...RANDALLSTOWN...  
REISTERSTOWN...GAMBER...ELLICOTT CITY...MILFORD MILL...NEW  
WINDSOR...LOUISVILLE...LINEBORO...FREELAND...WATERSVILLE...  
GREENMOUNT AND WINFIELD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS  
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO  
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL  
INTERIOR ROOM.  
 
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY  
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND  
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0950
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0607 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN VA AND CENTRAL/NRN MD

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH LIKELY

VALID 082307Z - 090000Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 PERCENT

SUMMARY...A NEW SEVERE TSTM WATCH WILL BE COORDINATED AND ISSUED
SHORTLY FOR NRN VA INTO CENTRAL/NRN MD INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON D.C. METRO AREAS FOR A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS SPREADING
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THIS REGION.

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS NRN VA AND CENTRAL/NRN MD THIS EVENING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. ALTHOUGH DEEP-LAYER SHEAR TENDS
TO DECREASE WITH SRN EXTENT...SUFFICIENT SHEAR WILL FAVOR A
CONTINUED THREAT FOR STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS AS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
OBSERVED AT KFDK WITH A WIND GUST OF 51 KT AT 2235Z.

..PETERS/EDWARDS.. 06/08/2015


ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...LWX...

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I take credit- first day living in Arlington haha. Nice looking cell though!

If it's not careful it might miss us. The polygons must not be able to bend more SW to NE.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 279  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
720 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MARYLAND  
NORTHERN VIRGINIA  
COASTAL WATERS  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 720 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE  
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...SEVERE-THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL EXTEND BEYOND ORIGINAL  
EXPIRATION TIME OF SPC WATCH 276 ACROSS THIS AREA...AND HAS EVOLVED  
TO BE MAINLY A DAMAGING-WIND RISK. AS SUCH...AFFECTED COUNTIES WILL  
BE MOVED TO THIS NEW WATCH...PER COORDINATION WITH WFO STERLING VA.  
REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 950 FOR MORE DETAILS. 

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The main line formed along a narrow axis of instability and was aided by the terrain...now that it's east into more meager CAPE and an atmosphere that was overturned by previous convection it should collapse pretty quickly.

Pouring here with thunder/lightning... So, um oops?

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