2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion

[NorthArlington101]

Best storm of my 3 years in DC. Thunder really not that loud, but everything else delivered.

[MN Transplant]

1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

DCA just gusted to M59 mph. M62 mph wind gust per LWX LSR

I see 64 mph on the obs site.  Core went right over them.

[Eskimo Joe]

DCA M64 mph now.

[yoda]

62mph gust in Arcola per mesonet 

[NorthArlington101]

Best storm of my 3 years in DC. Thunder really not that loud, but everything else delivered.

Never mind. That one got me good

[Eskimo Joe]

Those velocities are making a beeline to the Upper Marlboro mesonet site. That's a wide open spot so that station will get a great sample of whatever comes through.

[yoda]

2 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

I see 64 mph on the obs site.  Core went right over them.

LSR says fire department reported trees down on Woodlawn Ave in Falls Church 

[yoda]

DC metro got its own personal MCD lol

[yoda]

2 minutes ago, yoda said:

DC metro got its own personal MCD lol

 

Mesoscale Discussion 2227
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1056 PM CDT Thu Sep 03 2026

   Areas affected...northern Virginia and central Maryland

   Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652...

   Valid 040356Z - 040500Z

   The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652
   continues.

   SUMMARY...Damaging wind threat is increasing for the greater
   Washington D.C. area.

   DISCUSSION...Rapid thunderstorm development occurred late this
   evening in the vicinity of Washington D.C. Here, warm-air advection
   thunderstorms combined with increasing convergence from an outflow
   boundary from an earlier storm. The result has been a rapid increase
   in hydrometeors aloft, which will support heavy water loaded
   downdrafts/downbursts capable of wind damage across the greater
   Washington D.C. area. At 0348Z Washington National airport measured
   a 64 mph wind gust. This threat will continue to move east over the
   next hour.

   ..Marsh.. 09/04/2026

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

   ATTN...WFO...PHI...LWX...

   LAT...LON   39067724 39157691 39117648 38947629 38777634 38617657
               38647704 38767728 39067724 

   MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH

[pazzo83]

9 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

DCA M64 mph now.

yeah - I believe it.  My location is pretty protected in NW but definitely had the stop sign by my house violently shaking there for a few minutes.

[somecallmetim]

16 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

DCA just gusted to M59 mph. M62 mph wind gust per LWX LSR

I believe it, in Alexandria a couple miles away and thought some trees might come down with the gusts in the first batch. Said to my wife, who I tried to wake up  to appreciate it , wow I bet those were at least 60.  Reminds you of what the power of even a minimal hurricane is like.
 

just Incredible light show too. Ironically the best one I had this year was visiting my sister in the Netherlands in June. I think it was the most lightning they'd ever recorded.

[Eskimo Joe]

M49 mph wind gust Upper Marlboro mesonet site. I'm surprised it wasn't higher given the wide open nature of that location and the site's position relative to that wind core on radar. The nocturnal boundary layer has to be working overtime to mitigate gusts getting to the surface. If this were even late evening there'd be more substantial damage reports coming in.

[MN Transplant]

13 minutes ago, yoda said:

LSR says fire department reported trees down on Woodlawn Ave in Falls Church 

That’s about 1-2 miles from me.  Didn’t get huge wind at my house, but what an intense light show.

[snjókoma]

18,000 units w/o power in Arlington

[alexj7]

This is the best cloud to cloud lightning I’ve seen in many many years on the back end. Amazing splintering right overhead. For a half hour now.

[vortex95]

17 minutes ago, alexj7 said:

This is the best cloud to cloud lightning I’ve seen in many many years on the back end. Amazing splintering right overhead. For a half hour now.

Nocturnal tstms w/ elevated CAPE often deliver big w/ LTG of all types.  The crazy "quick" flickering constantly is a telltale sign!  I think it is tied to the high CAPE in the mixed-phase layer of the storms.  Really cranks up charge separation!
 

[CAPE]

Warned for one inch hail and winds to 80 mph.

[mattie g]

3 hours ago, mattie g said:

I’ll take the under…whatever it is.

Terrible call.

Lots of rain and some really nice gusts, plus the best light show I’ve seen in ages. With a late-night bourbon in hand after being dragged to Thursday night HS football, it actually might have been worth the wait!

[yoda]

18 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

That’s about 1-2 miles from me.  Didn’t get huge wind at my house, but what an intense light show.

Now seeing an LSR of a tree into a house in the 3000 block 

[yoda]

And now the usual "vehicles stalled/stuck in high water" reports

[WxWatcher007]