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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

100 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...

CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...

CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...

LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 1255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN

EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM GREENWOOD TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLWOOD PIKE...AND MOVING

EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

GREENWOOD...

INWOOD...

BERRYVILLE...

MARTINSBURG...

RANSON...

CHARLES TOWN...

NEERSVILLE...

SHEPHERDSTOWN...

WILLIAMSPORT...

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Yeah? You think we will see something today?

yes.. the trough is falling apart but we have better forcing today. the main issue might be timing... if it holds off too late it won't be terribly exciting.

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The main thing that is catching my eye this morning is the hodogrpahs that will be in place that will result in a setup much like we had yesterday out here in the Shenandoah Valley of individual cells oriented generally north to south and storm movement to the northeast. The gridded 6 hour flash flood guidance was under a 2 inches for a lot of areas out this way on the last run of the product (12z).

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1107 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011

EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...STRONGER SFC HEATING AND STEEPER LAPSE

RATES WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY BY THE MID TO LATE

AFTN WITH SBCAPE VALUES UP TO 3000 J/KG. THE MAIN LIMITATION FOR

CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTN

WILL BE THE LARGE-SCALE LIFT AS THE BEST FORCING WILL REMAIN WEST

OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THEREFORE...ANY CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ISO

OR SCT IN COVERAGE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL

TO BECOME SEVERE DUE TO THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT

DEEP-LAYER SHEAR.

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DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER PORTIONS OF

SC/NC IN AXIS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT FLOW ALOFT.

ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND

SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE

THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE

STRONGEST STORMS.

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Funny thing is, my template is for SUNday, so I conciously changed it to saturday, whoops.

i didnt even notice... but i wish you did thurs night regularly. editing time was like 1/3 of usual. :scooter:

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0994

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1124 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN VA...MD...ERN PA...SE NY...WRN MA...SRN VT

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 271624Z - 271800Z

A SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CNTRL AND NRN

APPALACHIAN MTNS AS WELL AS ACROSS ERN PA AND SE NY THIS AFTERNOON.

WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. WW ISSUANCE

APPEARS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS STORMS

INITIATE AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION.

THE LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE WRN EDGE OF A MOIST AXIS LOCATED

FROM ECNTRL VA NNEWD ACROSS MD INTO ERN PA ND SE NY WHERE SFC

DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID 60S F. MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A POCKET OF

MODERATE INSTABILITY ALREADY IN PLACE IN NJ...SE NY AND SRN NEW

ENGLAND AND THIS INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO INCREASE AND EXPAND NWWD

ACROSS THE MCD AREA. AS THIS OCCURS...THE INITIATION OF NUMEROUS

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY AS A SHORTWAVE

TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. STRONG DEEP LAYER

SHEAR PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH A WELL-DEFINED MID-LEVEL JET ON THE

ERN SIDE OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SEVERE

STORMS. THE STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL RESULT NEWD STORM MOTIONS OF 35

TO 40 KT WHICH WILL AID THE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL. THE WIND DAMAGE

THREAT SHOULD BE GREATEST WITH ANY LINE-SEGMENTS THAT CAN DEVELOP.

IN ADDITION...MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE ALREADY QUITE STEEP ACROSS

THE MCD AREA SUGGESTING LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE MORE

INTENSE CELLS.

..BROYLES.. 05/27/2011

..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT

ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...AKQ...CTP...LWX...

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Yes :( Yesterday was one of those where I wish we trigger/forcing... we probably would have been rocked

i think there are probably more days like that than you'd realize. unfortunately high parameters dont often overlap with good forcing etc.

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i think there are probably more days like that than you'd realize. unfortunately high parameters dont often overlap with good forcing etc.

Thats true... it just seemed like yesterday was one of those extreme days where everything looked good... but no forcing. We don't usually see MLCAPE above 3000 around here I don't believe very often

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