WxUSAF Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Might have gusted to 10kts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I doubt I was anywhere close to 53 here. DCA got a bit of a wind max right over the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Might have gusted to 10kts? 13mph here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Pretty lame in Gaithersburg... was hoping for/expecting a little better. Oh well... one day closer to the Plains trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Raining at around 15mph here west of Bmore at my cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 My poorly positioned weather station only picked up 21mph. That gust was easily double that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Multiple trees into homes in Arnold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Absolutely pouring here. My patio is flooded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Pretty lame in Gaithersburg... was hoping for/expecting a little better. Oh well... one day closer to the Plains trip.28 days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Multiple trees into homes in Arnold. I've got a dead tree in my back yard that I'm shocked didn't blow over during that cell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Multiple trees into homes in Arnold. At least 1 structure on fire in the area possibly another also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Arnold/Severna Park area always seems to get a lot of bad weather. Not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Most Severe I saw.. in the LSR's: 000NWUS51 KLWX 192333LSRLWXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC733 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE......REMARKS..0712 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE ST. CHARLES 38.61N 76.89W04/19/2013 M70 MPH CHARLES MD MESONETMESONET OBSERVATION &&EVENT NUMBER LWX1300079$SMZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Most Severe I saw.. in the LSR's: Should have been back home towards Arnold way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Arnold/Severna Park area always seems to get a lot of bad weather. Not sure why. My hunch is that the wind drives up the rivers (Severn and Magothy) with the decreased friction and creates a microscale backed wind field. This increases the helicity in the lowest levels and you end up with brief spin-ups. I've often observed on my weather station at home that my winds are from the center of the river (120°) when the synoptic wind field is between 200° and 170°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtropics Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Storm was an overproducer IMBY. Stop sign shaking violently made it look like I was watching a hurricane video on youtube. I would say gusted easily to 50 eyeballing' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Arnold/Severna Park area always seems to get a lot of bad weather. Not sure why. Lots of big old trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Absolutely pouring here. My patio is flooded Want me to send in FEMA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 cold front has some nice rain rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Underperformed in Leesburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 my guess is something may have touched down south of here. pretty solid couplet for one scan. quick hitter tho and quickly fell apart/ran outside the late box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 my guess is something may have touched down south of here. pretty solid couplet for one scan. quick hitter tho and quickly fell apart/ran outside the late box. Let me see if I can find anything on the TDWR's for that. In the mean time, here are my pictures for the day. Went about 30 miles W of college home out to the hilly farm country. Saw a shelf cloud and a rain-wrapped book end vortex mesocyclone (note the sharp convective left edge.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 My hunch is that the wind drives up the rivers (Severn and Magothy) with the decreased friction and creates a microscale backed wind field. This increases the helicity in the lowest levels and you end up with brief spin-ups. I've often observed on my weather station at home that my winds are from the center of the river (120°) when the synoptic wind field is between 200° and 170°. Interesting, thanks!! It just seems over the years that this area often gets hit much harder than surrounding areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 east coast ftw (and dc area split) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Let me see if I can find anything on the TDWR's for that. In the mean time, here are my pictures for the day. Went about 30 miles W of college home out to the hilly farm country. Saw a shelf cloud and a rain-wrapped book end vortex mesocyclone (note the sharp convective left edge.) shelfcloud_eastberlinPA_2136.PNG mesocyclone_eastberlinPA_2136..PNG cool shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wondering if there was a tornado in the Fredericksburg-Leland area in Stafford county. The reports coming in are suspicious and the rotating bookend comma head was moving through at the time. I would imagine LWX will do a survey. Could have been a macroburst instead though, as the SVR called for 70+ mph winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Absolutely pouring here. My patio is flooded Want me to send in FEMA? We survived, but thank you for the offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Slight brag. Thanks to AllWeather for the hook up on the Sat. morning newscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Fredericksburg Time: 2013-04-19 22:36 UTCEvent: 0 TORNADOSource: nws storm surveyRemark: ef-1 tornado confirmed by nws storm survey. peak winds 90 mph. path length 0.75 mile. max path width 150 yards. apartment building unroofed. trees uprooted and topped. shopping plaza roof damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Fredericksburg Time: 2013-04-19 22:36 UTC Event: 0 TORNADO Source: nws storm survey Remark: ef-1 tornado confirmed by nws storm survey. peak winds 90 mph. path length 0.75 mile. max path width 150 yards. apartment building unroofed. trees uprooted and topped. shopping plaza roof damaged. Downloaded the Level 2 data for that time. The level 3 data from the TDWR's are delayed two days. There was no TDS in the correlation coefficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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