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

[MN Transplant]

Outage numbers aren’t huge, but they are climbing.  Dominion VA is up to 95k, with Stafford county as the hardest hit in northern-ish VA.

[wxmeddler]

Fun...

[Imgoinhungry]

Lots of pingers on windows just SE of downtown frederick.


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[wxmeddler]

BWI G44kt (50mph)

[MN Transplant]

1 minute ago, wxmeddler said:

Fun...

We are so lucky to have 4 radars

[midatlanticweather]

That is impressive! almost 30 degrees in 2 hours! 

 

[csnavywx]

6 hours ago, csnavywx said:

Filtered sun again and that line missed me to the north. The watch getting canx'd here is almost begging to be punched in the stomach by the front this evening. 300-600 cape into 500-700 helicity should be good enough for a few mini-supers, imo -- so long as we are indeed done with this overturning crap.

Been in these shoes before. Can't turn your back on em til it's truly over -- even if the front half is a flop.

[Eskimo Joe]

2 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

GWU Mesonet reported 61mph. 

Link?

[MDstorm]

Temp dropped 20 degrees in 20 minutes with wind gust to 46 mph. And, loss of electricity for the 2nd time in the last week. 

[snowfan]

BWI dropped 11 degrees in 10 min with a 51mph gust. 

[Amped]

Just now, Imgoinhungry said:

Lots of pingers on windows just SE of downtown frederick.


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Mixing is showing up on the lwx CC 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Well that sure felt like a severe storm even though it was feeling cold by the end of it! Cool jebstand on my porch watching it. 

[Kmlwx]

Just now, Eskimo Joe said:

Link?

Showed up on the screen as an LSR on GR2AE

[wxmeddler]

1 minute ago, MN Transplant said:

We are so lucky to have 4 radars

Completely agree, you'd never know from LWX.

[Kmlwx]

The LSRs are really rolling in it seems in the wake of the line. 

[Eskimo Joe]

M62 mph wind gust Quantico Marine Base

[Kmlwx]

ANDREWS AFB,MD (ADW) ASOS reports gust of 51 knots (58.7 mph) from WNW @ 0128Z -- KADW 170128Z 30038G51KT 5SM +RA SQ SCT015 BKN024 OVC031 09/04 A2939 RMK BKN V SCT CIG 022 RWY01L PRESRR SLP959 $

[Kmlwx]

It's looking like a ton of sites verified severe criteria wind

[snowfan]

Some CRJs in the area reporting severe turb. Glad I’m not on one of those. 

[Eskimo Joe]

10 minutes ago, csnavywx said:

Lol, lmao even.

SPECI KDCA 170112Z 31037G59KT 5SM -RA BR SQ FEW016 BKN021 OVC037 08/06 A2936 RMK AO2 PK WND 30059/0112 WSHFT 0052 RAB06 PRESRR P0000 T00830056 $

So many reports outside the watch box  

[stormtracker]

Friend just lost power in Bowie

[CAPE]

Heh, might actually get something that will make this day not a total bust.

[RickinBaltimore]

House felt like it was shaking and rain is just pelting the windows right now here in Dundalk.

[AlexD1990]

1 minute ago, CAPE said:

Heh, might actually get something that will make this day not a total bust.

Will it hold across the bay tho?

[Kmlwx]

Just now, Eskimo Joe said:

So many reports outside the watch box  

I was kind of shocked that they didn't include one more tier west of counties. I guess they were relying heavily on the boiler plate "in AND around the watch area" 

[Nomz]

Need 75 mph gusts to verify cig 1 wind

[midatlanticweather]

Sleet and snow now in Purcellville. Mainly sleet

Shall move to Discobs since it is not severe related from now on

 

[WEATHER53]

16 minutes ago, zwyts said:

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

Hi 

[Kmlwx]

Just now, Nomz said:

Need 75 mph gusts to verify cig 1 wind

I thought CIG was "reasonable max intensity" not "this is what we expect"? 
Given that DCA gusted to 68mph - that's right up there and not sure an additional 7mph would have caused a appreciable difference in damage. But not sure.  

[Kay]

I hear the roar approaching.