3/16/26 Severe Weather Event Thread (Moderate -> Enhanced -> Slight) RESULT: Significant wind after dark

[bncho]

wow

[H2O]

The winds with this line are legit bad. Had to be a gust of 50 at least 

Took until 9pm to get anything worth a warning level 

[snowfan]

IAD dropped 23 degrees in 40 minutes.

[Kmlwx]

Power flickering here - all the UPS units are clicking away. 

[WEATHER53]

24 degree temp drop in One hour at IAD, 65 to 41 

[zwyts]

i dropped from 63 to 48 in about 10 minutes.  Maybe a 40 mph gust or two.  No trashcans flying down the street

[WxWatcher007]

DCA gust to 68

[Amped]

Extra orange echos over DC. Maybe its making up for the DC splits we've seen in past events.

[zwyts]

This was always the main event right?  why were people so focused on this afternoon.

[Eskimo Joe]

DCA gusted to 59 kts

[MN Transplant]

To nobody’s surprise, there are no flights coming into DCA or BWI right now.  One sad flight from Houston is making circles south of Dulles.

[Nomz]

Little backside cover here?

[Eskimo Joe]

Just now, zwyts said:

This was always the main event right?  why were people so focused on this afternoon.

Weenie rage their neighborhood wasn't slabbed six times in under an hour

[mappy]

58 to 46 in just over 10min

[MN Transplant]

1 minute ago, zwyts said:

This was always the main event right?  why were people so focused on this afternoon.

There was too much play on the tornado aspect and not enough on the forced line this evening.

[87storms]

Hearing pingers now mixed in with the sideways rain.

[WxWatcher007]

2 minutes ago, snjókoma said:

Unfortunately the lack of a severe thunderstorm warning over DC right now is another forecasting failure to cap it all off 

There was a warning in advance of the line. 

[87storms]

3 minutes ago, zwyts said:

This was always the main event right?  why were people so focused on this afternoon.

That was just the reverse  psychology portion of the play by play.

[zwyts]

1 minute ago, MN Transplant said:

There was too much play on the tornado aspect and not enough on the forced line this evening.

it was hard to get clear messaging out of LWX.  Maybe they're shortstaffed.  

[Kmlwx]

Velocity scans to the SW in that more splotchy looking stuff are crazy. But wonder how much is actually able to mix down. Seeing pixels of over 100mph but at like 6-7kft. 

[csnavywx]

5 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Classic Mid Atlantic would be to get an EF-3 tornado or something run through the metros not 3 hours after they cancel the watch.

Lol, lmao even.

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[wxmeddler]

14 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Front through College Park mesonet. Dropped 7F in 4 minutes

Our thermometer is painfully slow as well. My student is currently running an inter-comparison of fast thermometers so we're getting fantastic data at 3 second intervals. I'll post it here once it's done.

[WVclimo]

Pouring big snowflakes and windy.  36 degrees and falling fast.

[WEATHER53]

From 63 to 45 in 30 minutes Kemp Mill 

[Paleocene]

Windy as hell in silver spring

[snowfan]

Wind picked up and almost immediately heard a tree come down in the woods behind the house. 

[HighStakes]

Flickering lights and down to 39. 

[Eskimo Joe]

 

 

[Kmlwx]

GWU Mesonet reported 61mph. 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Well I don’t have the measurements to prove it but a lot of flickering lights and roaring gusts.  Maybe we gusted over 50 at times?