2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion

[aldie 22]

No tornado here a few miles north of Winchester but quite the show so far. 1.36 and pouring again 

[aldie 22]

9 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

No tornado here a few miles north of Winchester but quite the show so far. 1.36 and pouring again 

1.50 and dumping 

[aldie 22]

14 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

1.50 and dumping 

1.76

[Hank Scorpio]

Pretty tame wind, but we did have about a minute of nickle sized hail here in Leesburg. The storm also looked pretty cool on approach. 

[George BM]

Just a lightning barrage with that eastern Loudoun county storm.

[vortex95]

One thing today to the W in WV into wrn VA, lots of intense cells and tornadic signatures embedded well into larger precip areas, something you see more in a strongly-forced, dynamical set ups, which we do have today w/ the strong 500 trough and a solid 250 jet max moving into the region now.  Not something you see in the summer that often.


 

[aldie 22]

28 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

1.76

1.81 winding down now

[AmericanWxFreak]

These embedded cells all seem to still want to try to hook - I think we really lucked out on not having a widespread issue today.


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[canderson]

It was pouring rain INSIDE Merriweather + lightning. I’m out of there  

[AmericanWxFreak]

It was pouring rain INSIDE Merriweather + lightning. I’m out of there  

They have awful storm water management too lol

[SolidIcewx]

At least this is a good widespread rain. Spreading the wealth.

[WEATHER53]

A weather board Must  function during extreme weather

Heaviest rain of event at 3@oh rate last 10 minutes 

[MN Transplant]

0.17” rain and a peak wind gust of 12mph today

[Maestrobjwa]

Bruh...still having thunder and lightning with this train!

[Eskimo Joe]

3 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Bruh...still having thunder and lightning with this train!

The 18z sounding from IAD had ~4,500 surface CAPE. As we transition to nightfall, it's a perfect setup for some decent elevated convection.

[Maestrobjwa]

1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

The 18z sounding from IAD had ~4,500 surface CAPE. As we transition to nightfall, it's a perfect setup for some decent elevated convection.

Wow. Man I still don't fully understand what CAPE is, admittedly. I mean I see it's important for severe--what does it stand for? (Before someone sarcastically tells me to Google it I at least gotta know that, lol)

[NorthArlington101]

Wow. Man I still don't fully understand what CAPE is, admittedly. I mean I see it's important for severe--what does it stand for? (Before someone sarcastically tells me to Google it I at least gotta know that, lol)

I mean, you could Google “CAPE severe” and get there… but it’s Convective Available Potential Energy. :wink:

[frd]

1 minute ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Wow. Man I still don't fully understand what CAPE is, admittedly. I mean I see it's important for severe--what does it stand for? (Before someone sarcastically tells me to Google it I at least gotta know that, lol)

CAPE stands for Convective Available Potential Energy. [1]

It measures atmospheric instability. It indicates how much energy is available to fuel rising air currents (updrafts) to create thunderstorms. [1, 2, 3, 4]

 

[wxdude64]

Getting closer to this area, doubt it gets here though...

Tornado Warning
WVC025-220145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0007.260722T0117Z-260722T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
917 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Greenbrier County in southeastern West Virginia...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 917 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Rainelle, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree
           damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rainelle...
  Rupert...
  Quinwood...
  Bingham...
  Anjean...
  Duo...
  and Meadow Bluff.

[WeatherShak]

One inch of rain has fallen on my tempest in last 45 mins. Constant reds training overhead. Surprised not to see ffw yet.

[AlexD1990]

Soo....how's tomorrow looking 

[CAPE]

43 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Wow. Man I still don't fully understand what CAPE is, admittedly. I mean I see it's important for severe--what does it stand for? (Before someone sarcastically tells me to Google it I at least gotta know that, lol)

It's me. You could have Googled it.

Now go to bed.

[WxUSAF]

@yoda I got caught in the first torrential downpour trying to run into the movies. Seems like it’s been raining since. 1.5”+?

[CAPE]

Nothing severe, so I was posting in the Obs thread, but this is a drought buster. Over 4" for the month- haven't seen that since..February?

Up to 1.6" now, mostly in the last hour.

[wxdude64]

Closer, closer....

This went REALLY close to the Lewisburg WV airport about 3 to 5 minutes ago.

Tornado Warning
WVC025-220230-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0009.260722T0206Z-260722T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1006 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Greenbrier County in southeastern West Virginia...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 1006 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Frankford, or near Renick, moving east at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree
           damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
  Neola...
  and Alvon.