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2025 Severe Weather General Discussion


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Clearing here presently, DP up to 68, a steam bath.  

Basically missed round one with the two tonado warnings in Salem County, NJ.,  and the Georgetown/Dagsboro, DE / radar indicated Tornado warning. 

Very active week weatherwiseso far,  and we are not done yet!     

Area in WV looks ominous.

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1 hour ago, AlexD1990 said:

TOR for sussex county, DE. this storm went kidney shaped as soon as it fired

This is the cell that I was watching on radar that formed on 404 between Denton and Bridgeville. 

We just settled on a place in Millville and are heading down in about 30 minutes.   Too bad I didn't go down earlier, would have been driving parallel with the storm. 

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
324 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Montgomery County in central Maryland...
  Southwestern Frederick County in north central Maryland...
  Northern Loudoun County in northern Virginia...
  Southeastern Jefferson County in the Panhandle of West Virginia...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 324 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Round Hill,
  or near Charles Town, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
  Round Hill, Paeonian Springs, Purcellville, Leesburg, Waterford,
  Neersville, Doubs, Lucketts, Hillsboro, Point Of Rocks, Hamilton,
  Lovettsville, Tuscarora, Lincoln, Taylorstown, Rippon, Lansdowne,
  Poolesville, Adamstown, and Charles Town.
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
332 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
A warm front is expected to lift through and to the northeast
of the region today into late afternoon. A low pressure system
will move into the Great Lakes today with a trailing cold front
pushing through the area on Saturday. High pressure will build
in from the north Sunday and Monday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING/...
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for areas generally
about a county north of the Interstate 64 corridor and areas
north of that into PA until 10 PM this evening. This is in
response to a combination of several key features. THe first of
which is a remnant outflow boundary that was laid down this
morning by a line of severe thunderstorms that passed to our
northeast. This boundary is gradually washing out/drifting
slowly towards the southeast into a hot and humid airmass,
characterized by temperatures well into the 80s and dew points
into the 70s. The result of this air mass is extreme instability
values, with MLCAPE in the 2000-2500+ J/kg range. Lapse rates
are going to continue to steepen into the afternoon in the low-
levels, and they are already pretty high for Mid-Atlantic
standards (around 7 C/km) in the mid-levels. The second key
feature is a remnant MCV that is moving out of the KY/WV
region, with ongoing convection moving into western portions of
our forecast area. The expectation is that that ongoing MCS will
move off towards the northeast, but outflow from this system
will reignite convection as it cross the mountains into eastern
WV/western MD.

The one factor that does lead to some uncertainty is the
presence of some pretty substantial westerly flow aloft.
Oftentimes, this can squash a convective threat in this region.
Guidance is generally leaning towards some development along the
aforementioned boundaries however, so perhaps the remnant MCV
is enough to overcome these mid-level westerlies. So, leaning
more towards convection being able to develop than not. Once it
does get going in our area, as mentioned previously, it is going
to have a very favorable environment for explosive development
and a substantial damaging wind threat into this evening as it
drifts east. Additionally, given some very fat CAPE profiles,
large hail would also be a substantial threat if more isolated
convection is able to develop. This round of storms should move
through pretty quickly into this evening, likely clearing the
Chesapeake Bay by around 8-10 PM or so. Then most of the area
should dry out, though a few lingering showers/storms may hang
around if there are any remnant outflows hanging around.

Outside of the severe component of all of this, there could be
a non-zero flash flooding threat this afternoon/evening as
well. Accompanying these threats will be very heavy rainfall
rates at times and could occur over areas that had already
taken on a lot of rainfall in the past few days. Additionally,
there could end up being some training issues along that initial
west-east oriented outflow boundary set down this morning.
A Flood Watch wasn`t considered at this time, largely due to the
uncertain nature of the convective evolution this afternoon. A
marginal risk for excessive rainfall is also highlighted for our
area today for the localized potential for some flash flooding.

Another round of severe weather could be on the horizon later
this evening into the overnight hours. This is still very
uncertain though, and very dependent on yet another MCS
developing to our west and tracking in such a way that would
impact our area. Since we won`t have our daytime heating, the
severity could be diminished some, but the humidity, nearby
trough, approaching cold front on Saturday could be enough to
make it interesting in terms of severe elements overnight. At
this time, would feel more confident that this occurs across
central/southern VA, but can`t be 100 percent certain at this
time. This is very much a "wait and see what develops" scenario
and will be much more in the way of NOWcasting later today.

&&
 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
358 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Montgomery County in central Maryland...
  East central Loudoun County in northern Virginia...
  North central Fairfax County in northern Virginia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 358 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Leesburg,
  moving east at 30 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...
  Cabin John, Gaithersburg, Leesburg, Potomac, Washington Grove,
  Belmont, American Legion Bridge, Langley, Bradley Farms, North
  Potomac, Germantown, Redland, Poolesville, Mclean, Montgomery
  Village, Darnestown, Derwood, Lowes Island, Lansdowne, and Great
  Falls.
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Northern part warned for ping pong ball sized hail

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
400 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Montgomery County in central Maryland...
  Southeastern Frederick County in north central Maryland...
  Northeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 400 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Point Of
  Rocks, or 7 miles northwest of Poolesville, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 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...
  Clarksburg, Damascus, Doubs, Park Mills, Lucketts, Adamstown,
  Barnesville, Green Valley, Point Of Rocks, Laytonsville, Dickerson,
  Monrovia, Tuscarora, Taylorstown, Montgomery Village, Buckeystown,
  and Germantown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3939 7719 3935 7718 3934 7719 3931 7717
      3918 7713 3921 7759 3928 7758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 267DEG 25KT 3924 7749

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
358 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Montgomery County in central Maryland...
  East central Loudoun County in northern Virginia...
  North central Fairfax County in northern Virginia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 358 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Leesburg,
  moving east at 30 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...
  Cabin John, Gaithersburg, Leesburg, Potomac, Washington Grove,
  Belmont, American Legion Bridge, Langley, Bradley Farms, North
  Potomac, Germantown, Redland, Poolesville, Mclean, Montgomery
  Village, Darnestown, Derwood, Lowes Island, Lansdowne, and Great
  Falls.
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https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0820.html

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   Mesoscale Discussion 0820
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0314 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025

   Areas affected...western/central PA to northern VA

   Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 263...

   Valid 162014Z - 162215Z

   The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 263
   continues.

   SUMMARY...A mix of damaging winds and severe hail remains possible
   through early evening from western to central Pennsylvania southward
   into northern Virginia. A corridor of greater damaging wind
   potential is apparent in central Maryland, the District of Columbia,
   and far northern Virginia.

   DISCUSSION...Thunderstorm coverage has steadily increased ahead of a
   minor MCV, and separately along a wavy outflow boundary. Measured
   strong to severe wind gusts have occurred along the outflow
   associated with the MCV. Very strong mid-level winds persist in the
   wake of this MCV, as sampled by recent RLX VWP data. With surface
   temperatures in the mid to upper 80s ahead of this outflow, yielding
   peak MLCAPE of 2000-2500 J/kg, damaging wind swaths are most
   probable into central MD to far northern VA. Farther north,
   convection has largely struggled, outside of a slow-moving supercell
   along the separate outflow boundary in south-central PA. Mixed
   severe hail and damaging wind will remain possible here, amid weak
   low-level shear/SRH.

   ..Grams.. 05/16/2025

   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

   ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...CTP...LWX...PBZ...

   LAT...LON   41077947 41107851 41097790 40777722 39657638 38947630
               38457635 38177670 38587811 39107820 39617826 40137886
               40727947 41077947 

   MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN

 

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Another weakening MCS moving eastward from KY/southern OH may arrive towards daybreak per some guidance. Likely won't be as intense in the wake of previous storms/loss of daytime heating, but nonetheless more storms/heavy rain will be possible in some places.

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