southmdwatcher Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Strongest circulation on radar just entered the Bay at the Calvert/AA border...another weaker circualtion a couple of miles farther north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caviman2201 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Just woke up here in Queenstown to what sounded like the walls were going to cave in... had to be 65+mph winds for a few seconds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wind reports coming in just N+E of DC... TWC had a clip of coverage in Chevy Chase where several large trees were down. 874 reports so far plotted on SPC... could we hit four-digits?!? Simply amazing. EDIT: 889 reports now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wind reports coming in just N+E of DC... TWC had a clip of coverage in Chevy Chase where several large trees were down. 874 reports so far plotted on SPC... could we hit four-digits?!? Simply amazing. Dang it must have just missed me to the North then, it wasn't terribly bad here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Slept through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Front just came through here. Winds turned to the NW and immediately started roaring. 25-30 mph sustained with frequent gusts above 40 mph. Temp is diving now, losing a degree every five minutes or so. Baro starting to climb from 29.11" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Slept through it. Not me the NOAA radio went off 3 times, starting at 2:20am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Slept through it. Same here. Not me the NOAA radio went off 3 times, starting at 2:20am. That is exactly why my NOAA radio is not on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CranberryWX Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This ended up being a good soaker in mby. The front came through at 11:30 last night. Still light rain falling this morning, 1.45" so far. Fortunately my area missed the damaging winds. The next county east around the Charleston area still has over 25,000 without power from the storms last evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevil02 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Definitely did not sleep through that. Not a ton of lightning but vicious wind and rain for about 5 mins. Glad I woke up as most of my windows were open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Convective shower moving through... moderate rain and a few gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Convective shower moving through... moderate rain and a few gusts. Looks like its heading towards downtown Baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Woke me up last night when my NOAA radio went off (twice), but the storm was fairly "meh". Windy and some heavy rain, but didn't last more than 10-15 minutes. Only a few rumbles of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevil02 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Well my commute just got delayed. haha. Not going out in this junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wind has picked up quite a bit with the rain moving through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i think i heard a rumble lol tornado watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 That was a nice line that moved through here about 20 min ago. Surprisingly strong winds with the showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 That was a nice line that moved through here about 20 min ago. Surprisingly strong winds with the showers. cold front -- boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 cold front -- boo It was too warm yesterday. I need my 60's for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 It was too warm yesterday. I need my 60's for a bit. Don't look at the weekend forecast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 It was too warm yesterday. I need my 60's for a bit. That would be fine. 50s and wind? Naa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CranberryWX Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 lol...Article in the newspaper said CRW couldn't record the maximum wind yesterday because their instruments got blown over. Yeager airport (CRW) is still closed because of no power since last evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 That would be fine. 50s and wind? Naa. perfect outdoor working weather if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 it is funny seeing dt downplay the overall event everywhere because he was saying it was no big deal yesterday storms around here do whatever they want generally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The NOAA alarm woke me up twice and then I turned it off. Never heard the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Strange event for me. According to the radar images the heaviest part came thru my hood a little before 4am. But I was awoken by thunder at 4:45am. Either I slept through some really good lightning at the beginning, or the lightning didn't rev up until the line was east of me closer to Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 04/05/2011 0510 am2 miles NNW of North Beach, Anne Arundel County. Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by public. Tremendous wind blew down small limbs Winds blew down small limbs? Is this really worth the report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Winds blew down small limbs? Is this really worth the report? Of course! You should see the carnage in my yard. Thousands of cherry blossom petals along with a few sturdy twigs were ripped from the trees. Some of the petals appear to be facing in different directions, so I'm wondering if that is indicative of rotation. I've asked the NWS to look into it, but haven't heard back yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Of course! You should see the carnage in my yard. Thousands of cherry blossom petals along with a few sturdy twigs were ripped from the trees. Some of the petals appear to be facing in different directions, so I'm wondering if that is indicative of rotation. I've asked the NWS to look into it, but haven't heard back yet. You should ask your county Office of Emergency Management to declare a disaster area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 ... National Weather Service confirms a EF-0 tornado occurred in northern Waldorf Maryland on early Tuesday morning April 5 2011... Location... northern Waldorf in Charles County Maryland date... April 5 2011 estimated time... 4:48 am EDT maximum ef-scale rating... EF0 maximum wind speed... 65 mph maximum path width... 50 yards path length... 0.1 miles beginning lat/Lon... 38.6521n / 76.8901w ending lat/Lon... 38.6534n / 76.8899w * fatalities... none * injuries... none * the information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event(s) and publication in NWS storm data. ... Summary... After a review of National Weather Service and federal aviation administration weather radars... and a ground survey by the National Weather Service... the Baltimore/Washington weather forecast office of the National Weather Service has determined that a brief weak tornado struck the community of Marbella in northern Waldorf during the early morning hours of Tuesday April 5th. The storm was rated as an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with peak wind speeds around 65 mph. Damage included a large Pine Tree blown over into a house roof... several ornamental community trees snapped... damage to a fence... and many small windblown outdoor objects. The tornado was produced from a squall line of thunderstorms that moved across the region in the early afternoon. It only tracked about a tenth of a mile before dissipating after less than a minute on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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