yoda Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, mattskiva said: Media reports of a possible tornado south of Dulles, according to family. Anyone else hear this? Would make sense - hearing social media reports of trees uprooted and snapped in half in South Riding, about 5mi north of my location. https://twitter.com/iembot_lwx/status/996156139644575745?s=20 NWS Employee reported a funnel cloud in Ashburn at 619pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motsco Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 meh. hail size rain here lil bit of gust - good down pour fo sho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, 87storms said: Same. Overall healthy storm here. Just not severe, but how many here are. Almost none, which is why I laugh every year at the title of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 WOW that lightning! Pretty VIVID lightning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I see I left the Severe Repellent System on. Surrounded on all sides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx's Thanks Giving Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 It was a decent size storm imby, but last night was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattskiva Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 minute ago, mattie g said: Almost none, which is why I laugh every year at the title of this thread. It was certainly severe in parts of the area - it seems like the storms may have weakened as they approached the metro. Loudoun, Fauquier and points west got it pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Still rain and lightning (loudest thunder yet just now). Had some decent gusts here for a while. I’m gonna go with a B+ grade here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx's Thanks Giving Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 minute ago, mattskiva said: It was certainly severe in parts of the area - it seems like the storms may have weakened as they approached the metro. Loudoun, Fauquier and points west got it pretty good. It was severe in Alexandria briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingJWx Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Worst of it has passed. Power flickered twice and went out for a bit. Had pretty heavy rain and some gusts, but nothing extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 NWS Employee reports golf ball sized hail 1 mile NE of Reston at 635pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Nothing too special here in N. Bethesda. Some nice heavy rain, some thunder and lightning, and some gusty winds (nothing over 40 mph). A nice way to start the season! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esullivan Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Nothing severe here in 20015. Some good videos from IAD from @AdamBlickstein on twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Time for the standard reform-just-east-of-DC-and-clobber-PG-onward maneuver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Decent storm here. Nothing special but luckily power never went off. Have had lightning/thunder since about 6:40. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Wonder if the reported and confirmed funnel cloud by the NWS will end up confirmed as a weak tornado in Loudoun earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 https://twitter.com/H2Omaker71/status/996166893332566018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP08 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Pea size hail and some pretty close strikes...tons of water as our sump backed up and had to shovel water out....only one memorable gust in North Arlington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 That was fun. Saw the storm coming and went out with both my daughters to watch the storm come in. Sweet shelf as it came in. Kids had a blast 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Best lightning is on the back edge of the line. Just now getting cloud to ground ones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx's Thanks Giving Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, H2O said: https://twitter.com/H2Omaker71/status/996166893332566018 wow! Post them here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Nice closing act. Thunder that shook the entire house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingJWx Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yeah, had a really close lightning strike several minutes ago. Shook the entire house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 To echo others, vivid lightning on the backstretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Some thunder and brief heavy rain but pretty pedestrian here. Not that I expected more. Still under 1” of rain for may. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Not bad overall; it had a great look as it approached: well-defined shelf cloud, greenish tint below it in the vicinity of Tyson's. As ominous looking a storm as I've seen in some time. Almost had that "mothership" look, or at least "grandmothership." Best wind was about 2/3 through; it might have approached 50 MPH, but only briefly, and coincided with some legitimately torrential rain -- it's always nice to see the "curtains" of rain envelop everything for a moment or two. As is often the case, and as others have remarked, the best T&L came toward the end. No hail, but with a fairly new car that I have to park outside, hail is not something I want to deal with. Yeah, if you live in Norman or Wichita Falls or Venezuela, this wouldn't even register. But we live in the mid-Atlantic, where the weather just doesn't get too extreme (fog and HHH aside) except on rare occasion. Seems like it packed a bigger punch out toward Dulles/Leesburg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Got almost an hour of strong rain near Crystal City, till some rain and thunder about. The rain gauge at Four Mile run picked up about an inch of rain in 40 minutes. update: At 7:52 pm, DCA recorded 1.37 inches of rain during the hour of the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP08 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherShak Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Foreground: Wharf DC. Back left: DCA Center: Pentagon : Right: Monument. During the panoramic shot lightning struck just north east of the monument. You can see remnants just to the right. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Strong rain here 7:45 No thunder here so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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