SouthernNJ Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Radar shows a Downburst went right through the center of DC. Would expect to see some tree/powerline down reports. Some hail likely falling near College Park at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Best storm day in years.. tho that's not saying much. I was barely even paying attention as of this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 .3" in 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 No worries. Ellinwood was in and that was good enough for me. Ellinwood is like me but taller and smarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuki neko Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 What's impressive is that the yard managed to flood despite being on a slight hill just from the sheer amount of runoff But the sump pump died and now there's half a foot of water in the garage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... central Anne Arundel County in central Maryland... northeastern Prince Georges County in central Maryland... * until 1000 PM EDT * at 920 PM EDT... a severe thunderstorm was located over Lanham-Seabrook... or near fedex field... moving east at 30 mph. Hazard... 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Source... radar indicated. Impact... expect wind damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Bowie... College Park... Crofton... Greenbelt... Beltsville... Bladensburg... South River... Severn River... Sillery Bay... fedex field... Severna Park... Odenton... Arnold... Landover... Lake Shore... parole... East Riverdale... Kettering... New Carrollton and Mitchellville. Precautionary/preparedness actions... This is a dangerous storm. For your protection go indoors... ideally to an interior room on the lowest floor of your home or building. Lat... Lon 3893 7646 3891 7646 3892 7647 3891 7647 3890 7648 3888 7649 3890 7691 3902 7692 3913 7645 3898 7646 3898 7647 3897 7647 3894 7645 time... Mot... loc 0120z 265deg 27kt 3895 7684 Hail... 1.00in wind... 60mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuki neko Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Flash Flood WarningFLASH FLOOD WARNINGMDC031-030430-/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0010.160503T0125Z-160503T0430Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC925 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT* AT 923 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER RESCUES ONGOING WITH CARS STALLED IN STANDING WATER IN PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THEDANGERS OF FLOODING.TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOODDEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.&&LAT...LON 3896 7714 3897 7715 3897 7722 3898 7723 3910 7716 3914 7698$$BJL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCapsFan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 My mom lives down in Bowie, just txtd and said that warned cell is rolling through now, getting hail and quite a bit of wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 bye bye grass seed and seedlings, I hardly knew you. Figures by the time we get some good rain its a gully washer and washed my seed and straw away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm approaching 3" . Letting up a bit. Best day in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 0.72" in 20 minutes. No hail or wind to speak of, but impressive rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 At least 10 water rescues ongoing in Montgomery County right now. Decent day, sad to see the slight risk was removed at the noon update. The initial Slight Risk would've verified beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I gusted to 13mph in the last round, pretty close to severe criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I had a nice little burst of small hail as the cell surged east over PG and AA counties. It died just to my east. Soon as it moved past the lightning stopped. I just made it in that one lol. Fun event here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 What a day- this storm is even more intense than the one at 2am. I've had an inch in less than an hour. 2.12" since midnight and still pouring. Sump pump is running nonstop. The last few days have reminded me of the first week of June last year- just storm after storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Best storm day in years.. tho that's not saying much. I was barely even paying attention as of this morning. It's because I came back for a bit. ps. I leave tomorrow. ps. I'm back in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Dale City is a safe place to live. 9 times out of 10, the hail misses us. We only had light rain with some gusty winds for a brief time. Most of the forcing is north and east now. I expect a sixteenth of an inch of rain tonight and only a trace of rain tomorrow (3 to 6 drops all day long), but it will likely turn out dry tomorrow after 4am. So much for a slow moving front - the rain is moving steadily eastward and away from N VA. I love rain, but I am not going to get much more. Oncoming La Nina means a drier spring and one hell of a parched summer with brown grass. Its going to be so hot and dry in N VA this summer, that we are going to make South Central Texas look like Waterworld by Independence Day. NWS is all over this - they have already changed our rain chances for tomorrow to low pops. Gonna dry out and warm up a lot next weekend. Break out the bbq and the beer. Looks like DC got a ton of rain and severe weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I think three hailers did not miss me by much. Got some pea sized but not much, impressive rain and t&l, modest wind , For some of you this has to be an all time hail event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Got a brief shower but watched the storm develop 2 miles to my north. It was awesome to see but I experienced NOTHING. Not any more than .05. I didnt see lightning either. The boys in the neighborhood had a LAX tourney next door until 9:30 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 To recap: Check. Sound the alarm. The result Theory works. Congrats. This is a legit thing now in our subforum. "The WxWatcher Effect" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Also...anecdotal/potentially made up feeling that we tend to do our best on days when we aren't even in a slight at times still fits. Minus our outbreak moderate days - we have had a fair amount of "get slammed" days when SPC was relatively low on probs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Also...anecdotal/potentially made up feeling that we tend to do our best on days when we aren't even in a slight at times still fits. Minus our outbreak moderate days - we have had a fair amount of "get slammed" days when SPC was relatively low on probs. Agree Kenny. When things are "ripe" there is still a spoiler factor that can't be ignored. When things need to "ripen" theN sometimes it's perfect choreography that can't be predicted until it's happening. Today happened to fall in place just right. I'll never forget the noise driving down Georgia Ave. Wild stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Interesting that LWX in their afternoon discussion explicitly talked down any large hail threat, and we ended up with one of the best hail days I've seen here in 20 years. They mentioned mid-level warming evident in early afternoon ACARS profiles; I have to think that widespread ascent with the arriving trough cooled the mid-levels back down. It's too bad that they didn't get an evening balloon launched so that we could see - I'm assuming that a storm overhead prevented it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ellinwood is like me but taller and smarter.You forgot better looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Very early May is still cold up top Might have been less hail dramatic late June and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Very dramatic differences in short distances Greatest hailer here just shredded the leaves off the maple trees, it was a shredded leaf blizzard for 30 seconds and 100% hail for about 2 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 rain was very impressive from the storms yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Storm was impressive to watch rolling in. Dog freaked out and peed right in front of me. Poor guy. Some wind and lightning, but that huge downpour was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Meh. All severe is local. Pretty much a non-event in my part of Balt City. It rained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 2.42" in the gauge 2.5" hail. Lots of branches and leaves . Shredded from the hail. Quite the evening here in Rockville. Few neighbor's cars have minor dents. 64 and muggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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