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July 2013 Obs/Banter/Disco


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All right, who is moaning about miss?

 

About three minutes ago, I tried to look at the nation's Capitol and it was raining so hard it looked like it was s***ing.

 

Then it abruptly cleared back up.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 

327 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CLINTON IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY 

MARYLAND... 

LOCATION...CLINTON IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MARYLAND 

DATE...JULY 1 2013 

ESTIMATED TIME...7:33 PM EDT 

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...60 MPH 

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS 

PATH LENGTH...2.3 MILES 

BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.7045N / 76.9004W 

ENDING LAT/LON...38.7365N / 76.8894W 

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 RADAR OBSERVATIONS...EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND 

VIDEO...AND A GROUND SURVEY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 

BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS CONFIRMED A EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED 

DOWN IN THE AREA SOUTH OF CLINTON AND WEST OF BRANDYWINE MARYLAND 

IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MARYLAND ON THE EVENING OF MONDAY JULY 1 

2013. 

PEAK WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 60 MPH...WITH MUCH OF THE 

TWO MILE TRACK FALLING BETWEEN 40 TO 60 MPH. THOSE WINDS WERE 

ENOUGH TO SNAP LARGE LIMBS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCH DIAMETER...AND 

TOP SEVERAL TREES. TOPPING MEANS A TREE WAS TWISTED AND SNAPPED 

HIGH UP. THE ONLY NOTED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SOME FLASHING 

PEELED FROM ONE HOME IN THE CRESTVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT OF 

EILERSON STREET...AND SOME MINOR VINYL FENCE DAMAGE OFF WHITAKER 

PARK DRIVE. 

THE ROTATING CLOUD THAT EVENTUALLY PRODUCED THIS TORNADO WAS SEEN 

AND DOCUMENTED BY SEVERAL SPOTTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM 

NORTHERN CHARLES COUNTY...TO WHERE IT TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN 

PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. 

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT 

WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON. 

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES 

INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: 

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 85 MPH OR LESS. 

EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. 

EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. 

EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH

EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. 

EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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I was looking at the stuff east of Richmond. Currently, I'm just getting drizzle. Not even a light rain.

 

it is still not moving due east... moving NE

 

and there is stuff west of Richmond.

 

Dont you people know how to look at a radar?

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