2025 Severe Weather General Discussion

[2015Wrx]

I think I just got hit by a microburst off Sullivan Road in Westminster, also dime sized hail


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[yoda]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
527 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Carroll County in north central Maryland...
  Northwestern Baltimore County in northern Maryland...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 526 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Westminster,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR NORTHERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN
BALTIMORE COUNTIES.

  HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and two inch hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable damage to trees and power lines. Your
           life is at significant risk if outdoors. In addition to
           some trees falling into homes, wind damage is possible to
           roofs, sheds, open garages, and mobile homes.

* Locations impacted include...
  Westminster, Glencoe, Carrollton, Upperco, Hunt Valley, Hampstead,
  Sparks, Boring, Bentley Springs, Patapsco, Reese, Parkton,
  Manchester, Phoenix, Hereford, Millers, Greenmount, Jacksonville,
  Butler, and Monkton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is producing destructive winds and large damaging hail.
SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows!

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Sterling Virginia.

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LAT...LON 3962 7657 3960 7656 3959 7655 3948 7655
      3951 7705 3967 7705 3971 7657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 268DEG 34KT 3960 7696

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH

[WxUSAF]

11 minutes ago, mdhokie said:

Theres no way that next line can split us, can it??

Looks like it's about to get real...

 

I can hear thunder

[BlizzardNole]

Flush hit with 50 mph gusts, heavy rain and lots of lightning.  Crazy thing is a grass cutter in the yard behind us finished right as the storm hit.  Then, as I'm watching rain blowing in sheets and close lightning strikes, I see the guy doing the weed-wacking right at the worst of it!  I thought I was gonna watch someone get struck 

[2015Wrx]

That was the most violent storm I’ve seen in a while up here in Westminster, could see the clouds rapidly ascending before we got pummeled, anyone know what Carroll Regional gusted to? I’m not far from there


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[2015Wrx]

That was the most violent storm I’ve seen in a while up here in Westminster, could see the clouds rapidly ascending before we got pummeled, anyone know what Carroll Regional gusted to? I’m not far from there


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Lots of sirens now


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[KAOS]

Lightning data...

[MN Transplant]

0.01”

[09-10 analogy]

Textbook split over MBY. We do quotidian outflow well in my immediate vicinity. Oh, well, maybe the overnight will produce. 

Oh, well now there's a bit of ant-sized hail coming down. Hope it stays that size. I like Gotterdammerung T&L and wind. If a tree falls on my car, I get a new car. Hail, I get an estimate for 3k to fix the indentations. 

[dailylurker]

I just had a nice little classic summertime thunderstorm. No wind or hail. Just heavy rain. It looks like .40 so far.

[George BM]

2 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

0.01”

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[KAOS]

1 minute ago, dailylurker said:

I just had a nice little classic summertime thunderstorm. No wind or hail. Just heavy rain. It looks like .40 so far.

[MN Transplant]

DCA to 69!

[Scraff]

Getting absolutely pummeled in Elkridge! Love it! Or maybe it’s the beers I’m loving at the same time. 

[CAPE]

Looks like I have multiple chances but the approaching cell might slide just south, and the consolidating line behind it has a gap that kinda lines up with my yard 

[09-10 analogy]

1 minute ago, MN Transplant said:

DCA to 69!

Well I usually get 30% more snow than them, so it all evens out in the end, I suppose.

Kidding aside, that's pretty impressive. 

[MN Transplant]

You dont see a lot of tornado warnings for downtown Baltimore 

[yoda]

Tornado Warning Baltimore city proper

[MN Transplant]

[WxUSAF]

Just now, MN Transplant said:

You dont see a lot of tornado warnings for downtown Baltimore 

And people arriving to Oriole Park for a game...

[yoda]

Trees snapped and heavy power outages in city of Alexandria 

[WxWatcher007]

What a day. WOW

[WxUSAF]

A few strong wind gusts and heavy rain with this storm.  Not much thunder and lightning relatively speaking.  

[yoda]

48 49 50

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NWUS51 KLWX 162149
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
549 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Franconia           38.78N  77.15W
05/16/2025                   Fairfax            VA   Public

            Public report of multiple trees snapped near the
            intersection of Franconia Road and Beulah Street.


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Event Number LWX2504865

[CAPE]

Continuous thunder in the distance to my west. That's a healthy cell. Looks like some hail in the southern part of it. Might get in on the northern edge of it as it looks now.

[WEATHER53]

Gutter overwhelming downpour has ceased and the bad stuff stayed 1-2 miles north of Kemp Mill Half dozen light flickers 

[Eskimo Joe]

21 minutes ago, 2015Wrx said:

That was the most violent storm I’ve seen in a while up here in Westminster, could see the clouds rapidly ascending before we got pummeled, anyone know what Carroll Regional gusted to? I’m not far from there


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20 minutes ago, 2015Wrx said:

Lots of sirens now


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Westminster mesonet site at Robert Moton Elementary gusted to 57 mph. Nonstop calls at my fire department (New Windsor).

[SnowtoRain]

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Continuous thunder in the distance to my west. That's a healthy cell. Looks like some hail in the southern part of it. Might get in on the northern edge of it as it looks now.

I might get clipped on the southern edge, cross hairs for now around easton airport  to skipton landing

[Maestrobjwa]

9 minutes ago, yoda said:

Tornado Warning Baltimore city proper

Dang...when's the last time that happened?

[yoda]

Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
559 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Baltimore City in northern Maryland...
  Southeastern Baltimore County in northern Maryland...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Dundalk, or near Sparrows Point, moving east at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...For those in the direct path of a tornado touchdown,
           flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
           shelter. Damage to roofs, siding, and windows may occur.
           Mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed. Tree damage is
           likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Dundalk, North Point State Park, Back River, Millers Island, and
  Essex around 605 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Edgemere and Eastpoint.