RDM Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, supernovasky said: Holy crap, I heard thunder and it was awesome! Was outside about 45 mins ago getting the trash can. Was talking to our neighbor and had a lightening strike about 100 yds away - hit a tree. That really got out attention! Can't help but to instantly duck, as if that's going to do any good after the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wawarriors4 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 400 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2018 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia... The City of Fairfax in northern Virginia... Fairfax County in northern Virginia... The City of Manassas Park in northern Virginia... Prince William County in northern Virginia... The City of Manassas in northern Virginia... * Until 445 PM EST. * At 400 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near The Plains to 10 miles west of Montclair, moving north at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Alexandria, Centreville, Dale City, Reston, Annandale, Springfield, South Riding, Herndon, Fairfax, Fort Hunt, Vienna, Groveton, Falls Church, Broadlands, Lansdowne, Lowes Island, Brambleton, Mantua, Fort Belvoir and Pimmit Hills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Get indoors to protect yourself from wind and lightning. Trees around you may be downed from damaging winds, so if you are near large trees, move to an interior room on the lowest floor. Don`t drive underneath trees or in wooded areas until the threat has passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanbrad Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I'm near Laytonsville... been coming down really hard last 15 min. or so, severe t-storm warning for my area - a few rumbles of thunder, lot of wind, no hail yet. looks like the line is nearly gone but has been training over the same area. Wouldn't be surprised at a few localized flash flood warnings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, losetoa6 said: Nam twins scrape the m/d line Sunday evening with some snow showers . Enough to keep my eye on . Ukie has precip too but not sure about its surface temps . Actually euro has very light stuff as well ( surface a lil warm verbatim atm)...hmmm maby a little sumpin sumpin Euro has .10 for our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Is that a small hook on radarscope SW of Montclair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Definitely some rotation NW of Eldersburg, MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 meso markers in E Loudoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inthepines Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 37 minutes ago, RDM said: You should have been in the mid-west in '78, which was ground zero for that blizzard. Was a truly magnificent display of what mother nature can muster. Was a teenager in HS and will never forget it. The flash freeze from 40's to teens in a few hours, the wind and white out conditions stick out the most. Oh my that wind. Remember waking up for school and thinking to myself what the heck is that noise? Our mom told us what was going on and that all the first responders were assembling at the firehouse (that's where people go in a small mid-west town of 5500 when stuff happens). My dad helped deliver multiple babies in that 48 hours in very challenging conditions (he was one of the first paramedics in Ohio). Massive power outages, drifts that closed roads for weeks until the snowblowers from Dayton Aiport and WPAFB came out to do their thing. National guard deployed to help evacuate people and assist in getting food to stranded livestock. Grocery stores running out of food. It was epic and within only a couple of days from being cataclysmic when the food ran out. They got the roads open just in time. People start to do dire things when they are hungry. Never forget it... Think he was referring to the northeastern blizzard Of 78’ which was a separate event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 If I get hail can I count it as frozen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 In Leesburg.. Was intense winds.. Wow. Winding down now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 fun weather day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanbrad Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 another line approaching MoCo has promoted yet another warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning MDC031-212215- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0310.181221T2129Z-181221T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 429 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2018 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Montgomery County in central Maryland... * Until 515 PM EST. * At 429 PM EST, more severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Lansdowne to Reston, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Germantown, Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Olney, Damascus, Lansdowne, Lowes Island, Poolesville, Aspen Hill, Potomac, North Bethesda, Montgomery Village, North Potomac, Redland, Great Falls, Boyds, Rossmoor, Wheaton-Glenmont and Wheaton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Get indoors to protect yourself from wind and lightning. Trees around you may be downed from damaging winds, so if you are near large trees, move to an interior room on the lowest floor. Don`t drive underneath trees or in wooded areas until the threat has passed. && LAT...LON 3934 7718 3927 7714 3924 7705 3919 7700 3917 7701 3916 7698 3897 7719 3898 7724 3903 7726 3906 7733 3907 7745 3913 7752 3925 7740 3934 7720 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 220DEG 40KT 3908 7746 3894 7735 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DHOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That's coming right at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Well for December 21st that was not too much of a snoozefest. Had a brief period of intense rainfall and 40+ mph wind gusts with some small hail at the height of it. Saw a flash of lightning and heard some thunder as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I mean, now I really feel like I'm back in Louisiana - severe over the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thunder and Lightning over here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 WWA posted for the mountains for 3-5” of snow. Great upslope conditions. I’ll be there after Christmas through New Years...hopefully can score some snow while I’m skiing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I'm getting some hail! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Is that what passes for severe these days? This MoCo band is nothing but heavy rain for me in Germantown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanbrad Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 kinda looks like the line weakened some as it got towards I-270, there were some lightning strikes down towards Lowes Island on the Va. side of the Potomac, but little after that. Also it's very fast moving and not "training" so it'll be a quick shot of heavy rain and then outta here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 M0.88" hail in Gaithersburg at work this afternoon. Minimal thunder. Weak sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: M0.88" hail in Gaithersburg at work this afternoon. Minimal thunder. Weak sauce. Its December with minimal CAPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Aaaand it's winter. Temperature 60/ DP 58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, RDM said: You should have been in the mid-west in '78, which was ground zero for that blizzard. Was a truly magnificent display of what mother nature can muster. Was a teenager in HS and will never forget it. The flash freeze from 40's to teens in a few hours, the wind and white out conditions stick out the most. Oh my that wind. Remember waking up for school and thinking to myself what the heck is that noise? Our mom told us what was going on and that all the first responders were assembling at the firehouse (that's where people go in a small mid-west town of 5500 when stuff happens). My dad helped deliver multiple babies in that 48 hours in very challenging conditions (he was one of the first paramedics in Ohio). Massive power outages, drifts that closed roads for weeks until the snowblowers from Dayton Aiport and WPAFB came out to do their thing. National guard deployed to help evacuate people and assist in getting food to stranded livestock. Grocery stores running out of food. It was epic and within only a couple of days from being cataclysmic when the food ran out. They got the roads open just in time. People start to do dire things when they are hungry. Never forget it... Actually that was a separate storm from the one I am talking about. The midwest (Ohio) blizzard was near the end of January. The one I am talking about was an eastern seaboard coastal system that developed way out over the ocean in early Feb around the 5th, 6th but moved to the northwest into New England with major wrap around side effects into northern MD, New Jersey, Eastern PA, Delaware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, Sparky said: Actually that was a separate storm from the one I am talking about. The midwest (Ohio) blizzard was near the end of January. The one I am talking about was an eastern seaboard coastal system that developed way out over the ocean in early Feb around the 5th, 6th but moved to the northwest into New England with major wrap around side effects into northern MD, New Jersey, Eastern PA, Delaware. Ok - regret the confusion on my part. I thought the east coast got the trailing end of the mid-west storm. The mid-west storm had one one the lowest pressures ever recorded over conus. I think it was 3rd if not mistaken. Didn't realize the east coast had its own storm in Feb. Guess with the setup that spawned the Jan blizzard in the mid-west, it would be practical to have had another shortly thereafter along the east coast wrt patterns and how one phased event often generates another on its heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Sparky said: That's a "T"!!!! lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 After a 54.4 degree high around 1pm, winds turned W about 4 pm and temp has fallen to 40.1/38.0. Question is will the moisture hang around long enough for the colder air to catch it like down SW of me in Bluefield/Wise/Tazewell? We shall see...... Another 1+ in the gauge today, just adding to the record rainfall for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Front coming through Alexandria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Sparky said: Actually that was a separate storm from the one I am talking about. The midwest (Ohio) blizzard was near the end of January. The one I am talking about was an eastern seaboard coastal system that developed way out over the ocean in early Feb around the 5th, 6th but moved to the northwest into New England with major wrap around side effects into northern MD, New Jersey, Eastern PA, Delaware. 79 I think. ocean froze in OC out 200’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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