2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion

[SnowenOutThere]

Geez, got back home and there’s a tree down across the road. Couple limbs down around the neighborhood. Everyone’s outside. 

[snowfan]

[snowfan]

[mkellerm]

The storm that just came through Annapolis was pretty intense.  BGE says 22,000 without power in Anne Arundel County.  We had lights flickering for about 10 minutes.

[SnowenOutThere]

An exciting couple of hours weather wise! 

Honestly, once the first round passed I assumed it was over until I heard some thunder in the distance. After looking at the radar I instantly rushed off to the Herndon metro parking garage as it has the best skyline I know of. Got there in time to watch the shelf cloud develop and then roll in. 

Before becoming part of the "# of people struck by lightning a year" statistic I made sure to get a picture of my trusty stead: The humble CRV. 

Afterwards, I decided to ride out the storm inside of the parking garage as driving home on FFX County parkway did not seem like a good time.

 

Eventually, I decided to take a video of the storm coming in. Could hear the metal signs clanging throughout the empty garage. Was pretty freaky. 

Finally, as the storm passed I saw a double rainbow appear. I attempted to get a lightning rainbow picture to complete my collection but had no such luck; though I personally hold the mental image with me. 

Lo and behold, just as I was packing up, another rainbow appeared which was even more vibrant than the first! 

Finally, I headed on homeward where I was met with a tree in the road. Additional limbs came down on fences, and even my neighbors windshield. 

Now, this (if I was smart) is where I should've realized that we will have an awesome sunset due to the past convection and humid air combined with the advantageous June sun angle and thus rushed to some open space to capture what might be the sunset of the year. Sadly, I only realized it was occurring as it passed (I'm sure there is a lesson in this) and realized a 10 minute drive would reward me only with deepening twilight. So, I sat back and watched what I could from my driveway. 

[BlizzardNole]

Geez Snowen those pics!! 

"on this episode of Storm Chasers..."

[snowfan]

That aa co storm was putting out a healthy amount of lightning.

[Kmlwx]

Anne Arundel Co FD has a crap ton of calls 

[wxdude64]

Sadly a life was lost to the storms going east of Roanoke earlier today-

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
927 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026

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

0640 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 S Moneta              37.15N 79.63W
06/12/2026                   Bedford            VA   911 Call Center

            *** 1 FATAL, 23 INJ ***
            Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2
            S Moneta. Outflow from thunderstorm blew
            down one tent at a local church. One
            fatality and 23 injuries have been reported
            as of this report.

[wxdude64]

Only a 38 mph gust here at 5:20 pm in the thunderstorm, but when we left to go out to eat at 5:45 at the bottom of the hill a large maple had split and pulled power lines across the road, maybe 1/3 mile away from our house. They just were getting the road reopened when we came back at 9:30 pm.