Ida was just a smidge too east. The remnants interacted with a warm front that had come through our area earlier yesterday (prompting the overnight tornado watch). So the warm sector where all the best instability was located, was east of DC. Hence most of the tornadic activity being east of 95.
Tomer Burg had a good thread about the setup on twitter Monday. Worth the read.
I’ll be honest, I would have pulled over too. But onto the shoulder at least. It was a good catch/video and I’ll give him that. But the response and fallout has been anything but professional and he works for Fox 5 in DC
Yikes. I hope parents call the county and raise hell. Not individual schools, but the county office. It was their call not to dismiss early despite other counties around them doing so.
what a mess