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2020 Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather - General Thread


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RGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1130 AM EDT MON APR 13 2020  
  
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF   
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  
  DELAWARE  
  MARYLAND  
  NEW JERSEY  
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA  
  NORTHERN VIRGINIA  
  EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE  
  COASTAL WATERS  
  
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1130 AM UNTIL  
  600 PM EDT.  
  
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE  
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY  
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
  
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY  
DEVELOP RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THIS  
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY AND A COUPLE TORNADIC  
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
  

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1154 AM EDT MON APR 13 2020

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
  NORTH CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.

* AT 1154 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF PAW PAW, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  MARTINSBURG, PAW PAW, GREENWOOD, BERKELEY SPRINGS, BERKELEY,
  FALLING WATERS, GREAT CACAPON, CLEAR SPRING, HEDGESVILLE,
  PECKTONVILLE, BIG SPRING, BIG POOL, JOHNSONS MILL, TOMAHAWK,
  JOHNSONTOWN, VALLEY VIEW, SPOHRS CROSSROADS, FISHERS BRIDGE,
  OAKLAND AND ROCK GAP.

 

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3 minutes ago, DCTeacherman said:

Wow!  Crazy cause it's just been breezy here.  Are we expecting the peak of the synoptic winds early this afternoon?

Not in the same way.  The synoptic winds stayed elevated here.  Any storms we get could mix down good winds, but that will be only in a scattered sense.  The post-frontal wind should be breezy, but not anything special.

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