dailylurker Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Best storm of the winter was a windy day. Man.. I hope we can do better next season lol. My area musta of missed out on the increadable wind everyone is talking about. I hardy saw any damage or power outages. It was a windy day, but nothing I haven't seen many times. It lasted longer then usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Outages peaked at ~103k in Montgomery County just after 9:00 pm last night. Train car was blown off a bridge into the Susquehanna River around the same time. This was an incredible event, certainly Eskimo Joe worthy of remembrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hope you all without power and/or damage get things back to normal soon. Waking up lucky to only have a couple brief outages overnight and no damage on our property . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Just looking out the window I have lost 1.5 trees and a ton of limbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Power still out in our neighborhood and much of NVA. Our's went out at 13:00 yesterday. The status on many of the outages including our just says "dispatched" and "pending investigation", so the crew hasn't even surveyed the issue yet. The issue is a BIG popular laying across the above ground high voltage lines along Lawyers road. At the peak yesterday evening DOM had around 400,000 customers w/o service. That's down to 230,000 now, so they've put a sizeable dent in restoring service, but have a long way to go. Lawyers Road is notorious for electrical outages. We've lost power about 25 times in the 8 years we've lived in our current house. After the last prolonged outage DOM did a major tree pruning along Lawyers Road. That only addressed trees in close proximity to the above ground high voltage lines. Hard to avoid all threats when a 120 foot popular drops on the lines from 60 feet away. Have a generator with just enough juice to run the well pump and two air handlers/furnace plus a few outlets. Have to shut off the furnaces though to warm up the electric hot water heater. Eventually going to get a whole house, auto-start, auto-switching backup generator that's nat gas powered. For the time being at least we're warm. Lots of folks in Giant last night buying flashlights and batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Yeah, I know Lawyers Rd well. The whole way up from Vienna into Reston is widow maker alley wrt trees. We love the shade they give but in these storms it comes back to bite people in the butt. Hope power is returned to all soon. It’s gonna be tough for the power cos to get everyone up and running. This was a hell of a storm and electricity is a different creature which does take time to fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 minute ago, H2O said: Yeah, I know Lawyers Rd well. The whole way up from Vienna into Reston is widow maker alley wrt trees. We love the shade they give but in these storms it comes back to bite people in the butt. Hope power is returned to all soon. It’s gonna be tough for the power cos to get everyone up and running. This was a hell of a storm and electricity is a different creature which does take time to fix Thanks H2O. We live about half way between Vienna and Hunter Mill directly on Lawyers. Great location, but there's trade-offs. Never figured out why VDOT doesn't do something to improve the grade and setback of Lawyers between Vienna and Hunter Mill (Lawyers is actually a state route, not under FFCO to maintain). Multiple times a year Lawyers is closed due to flooding and/or downed trees. West of Hunter Mill Lawyers was completely redone some years ago. From Hunter Mill to Herndon it's wider, better graded with good runoff and wider shoulders to protect above ground utilities. Guess I'm being greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Montgomery County road closure info: https://twitter.com/ReadyMontgomery/status/969927652344782848 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Well, I am back from the dark, but only because power has returned to work, still out at the house when I left at 6 am. That is 32 hours minus power. Luckily I do have a generator, nothing big but keeps the fridge and or freezer (but not at same time) going. About half the subdivision returned to normalcy about 11 last night, I am the second house from that.....figures. Anyway, had a 51 mph gust at the house just prior to darkness setting in at 11:30 that night for highest recorded in this event. Lots of smaller 1, 2 and 3 inch diameter stuff down in yard, saw several larger trees down when out yesterday in county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Got power back around 2:30am. Bummed that I lost all of the wind data from my PWS after 10am. Only was able to tie my top gust on record. Have to say, having one of those travel battery packs that charges your phone/USB devices is excellent for power outages. Highly recommend keeping one around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 This has been one of the most impressive synoptic scale (non-tropical) wind events I've ever experienced. We have some minor damage to our yard but nothing major like others have. Other than flickers...we never lost power - true testament to PEPCO improvements in our neighborhood. The duration and strength of this event was pretty rare for our area. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this event is written about for a while...this is the type of thing you'd expect to be in the Washington Weather book if there was a new publication of it. It was like derecho style winds (a little lower perhaps) but for hours on end. Dulles reported 50mph gusts for 12+ hourly obs in a row!!! The PEPCO outage numbers have dropped considerably overnight...however, I'd expect the reduction to start slowing as they move off of larger scale outages and into smaller 1-15 house outages. The fact that @Eskimo Joe is impressed by this event should be a true indication of the magnitude of it. It seems we can't get snow this year. If we don't end this winter with a mod-sig snow event...this will probably be my memorable event of the season. Just imagine if there had been a leaf-out of the trees already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Kmlwx said: This has been one of the most impressive synoptic scale (non-tropical) wind events I've ever experienced. We have some minor damage to our yard but nothing major like others have. Other than flickers...we never lost power - true testament to PEPCO improvements in our neighborhood. The duration and strength of this event was pretty rare for our area. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this event is written about for a while...this is the type of thing you'd expect to be in the Washington Weather book if there was a new publication of it. It was like derecho style winds (a little lower perhaps) but for hours on end. Dulles reported 50mph gusts for 12+ hourly obs in a row!!!The PEPCO outage numbers have dropped considerably overnight...however, I'd expect the reduction to start slowing as they move off of larger scale outages and into smaller 1-15 house outages. The fact that @Eskimo Joe is impressed by this event should be a true indication of the magnitude of it. It seems we can't get snow this year. If we don't end this winter with a mod-sig snow event...this will probably be my memorable event of the season. Just imagine if there had been a leaf-out of the trees already. We gained 5,000 in the past hour. Not all meters are reporting to public sites but our rep says calls have increased...guess folks are waking up and finding power still out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: We gained 5,000 in the past hour. Not all meters are reporting to public sites but our rep says calls have increased...guess folks are waking up and finding power still out. Would guess the general trend will be down with some ebbs and flows. Maybe like the reverse of yesterday where it was like 3 steps of increasing outages and 1 step of reduction. I wouldn't doubt that the gusty winds could still bring down some weakened trees and branches causing additional outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: Would guess the general trend will be down with some ebbs and flows. Maybe like the reverse of yesterday where it was like 3 steps of increasing outages and 1 step of reduction. I wouldn't doubt that the gusty winds could still bring down some weakened trees and branches causing additional outages. I think folks are waking up and walking their dog or frustrated that power isn't back on yet. We were adding 7,000 to 10,000 outages an hour yesterday so this is nothing like that. Overall trend is towards full restoration in Montgomery and Maryland which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: Would guess the general trend will be down with some ebbs and flows. Maybe like the reverse of yesterday where it was like 3 steps of increasing outages and 1 step of reduction. I wouldn't doubt that the gusty winds could still bring down some weakened trees and branches causing additional outages. Sounds like how we step-down from storm potentials a week out. Also, nice pic! I can't believe how long we've been around on this and the old eastern board. I remember you being in high school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Quote NOUS61 KLWX 031355 FTMIAD MESSAGE DATE: 03 MARCH 2018 13:55 UTC TDWR TIAD IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT DATA OUTAGES. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. $$ BKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I absolutely cannot believe I made it all day with power yesterday in MoCo. There were outages all around me, even on our street! For reference we lost power during one of those two ice events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Sounds like how we step-down from storm potentials a week out. Also, nice pic! I can't believe how long we've been around on this and the old eastern board. I remember you being in high school! Thanks! I tend to *mostly* stay away from impersonal avatars haha. You're making me feel extremely old. I remember getting weenie tagged in 2006 and having Trixie rip me a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, supernovasky said: I absolutely cannot believe I made it all day with power yesterday in MoCo. There were outages all around me, even on our street! For reference we lost power during one of those two ice events. Congratulations. Consider yourself fortunate. Lots of folks would trade places with you. Sometimes it's hard to tell where the outages are/aren't because so many people have generators now. Growing up in Ohio almost nobody had generators except for dairy farmers with large herds and electric pumping equipment. They HAD to keep milking 2x a day no matter what. Tough life even with modern technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 For those far more knowledgeable than I..... Where does this event rank on the scale of wind events? Obviously, it was not only the magnitude of the gusts, but the duration that made it noteworthy. Guess I'm including tropical events as well in the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Didn't see this anywhere in the thread, but for revisiting this event in the future: ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF MPH MEASUREMENT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...District of Columbia... Catholic University 66 935 AM 3/02 Mesonet American University 66 1049 AM 3/02 Mesonet Us Capitol 1 S 66 359 PM 3/02 Mesonet Washington 66 220 PM 3/02 Mesonet Silver Spring 1 SSE 64 930 AM 3/02 Mesonet Adams Morgan 1 E 61 1215 PM 3/02 Mesonet Georgetown 1 NNE 58 1219 PM 3/02 Mesonet The Mall 1 S 58 1054 AM 3/02 NOS-NWLON MARYLAND ...Allegany County... Frostburg 60 1229 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Anne Arundel County... Us Naval Academy 64 252 PM 3/02 ASOS Glen Burnie 1 W 62 259 PM 3/02 Mesonet Baltimore/washington 61 321 PM 3/02 ASOS Harmans 1 W 59 1200 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...ANZ530... Havre De Grace 6 ESE 62 109 PM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ531... Middle River 4 S 63 207 PM 3/02 Buoy Bowleys Quarters 10 61 606 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...ANZ532... Bay Ridge 1 E 62 821 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...ANZ533... Calvert Cliffs 3 E 64 718 AM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ534... Fishing Creek 6 SSE 61 933 AM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ536... Swan Point 61 1226 PM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ537... Cobb Island 2 SE 69 654 AM 3/02 Buoy Saint George Island 66 618 AM 3/02 Buoy Piney Point 2 WSW 66 700 AM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ541... Plum Point 10 ENE 61 1031 AM 3/02 Buoy ...ANZ542... Drum Point 2 WSW 61 600 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...ANZ543... Dameron 19 ENE 63 730 PM 3/02 Mesonet Fishing Creek 13 SE 62 642 AM 3/02 Buoy Fishing Creek 6 SSE 61 659 AM 3/02 Buoy Dameron 32 E 61 839 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Baltimore County... Mcdonogh 61 442 PM 3/02 CWOP Edgemere 2 ENE 61 1012 AM 3/02 WXFLOW Martin State Airport 59 254 PM 3/02 AWOS Carney 1 S 58 620 PM 3/02 Mesonet Randallstown 1 NNW 58 804 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Baltimore City... Highlandtown 1 W 66 320 PM 3/02 Mesonet Baltimore 1 W 59 310 PM 3/02 Mesonet Pumphrey 3 N 58 545 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Charles County... White Plains 2 NNE 61 840 AM 3/02 Mesonet La Plata 1 WSW 61 838 AM 3/02 Mesonet Tompkinsville 2 WSW 61 901 AM 3/02 WXFLOW ...Frederick County... Ballenger Creek 2 NN 71 1125 AM 3/02 Mesonet Ballenger Creek 1 W 69 509 AM 3/02 CWOP Sabillasville 4 SSW 68 315 PM 3/02 AWOS New Market 2 WNW 62 1235 PM 3/02 Mesonet Brunswick 1 E 61 939 AM 3/02 Mesonet Ballenger Creek 60 529 AM 3/02 Mesonet Green Valley 2 SW 59 835 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Harford County... Hickory 3 N 64 203 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Howard County... Columbia 2 WNW 61 345 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Montgomery County... Gaithersburg 69 500 AM 3/02 Mesonet Four Corners 64 1135 AM 3/02 Mesonet Glenmont 1 SE 64 135 PM 3/02 Mesonet Germantown 2 NE 63 839 AM 3/02 Mesonet Germantown 2 N 62 949 AM 3/02 Mesonet Langley Park 1 W 61 235 PM 3/02 Mesonet Clarksburg 1 SE 60 539 PM 3/02 Mesonet Congressional Manor 58 239 PM 3/02 Mesonet Montgomery Village 58 949 AM 3/02 Mesonet Potomac 2 NE 58 920 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Prince Georges County... Andrews Afb 1 N 67 333 PM 3/02 AWOS Upper Marlboro 67 1029 AM 3/02 Mesonet Northwood 3 NW 64 949 AM 3/02 Mesonet Glenn Dale 2 W 61 949 AM 3/02 Mesonet Seat Pleasant 1 NE 61 1255 PM 3/02 Mesonet Laurel 1 E 61 1234 PM 3/02 Mesonet Morningside 1 E 60 156 PM 3/02 AWOS Marlow Heights 1 NW 58 525 PM 3/02 Mesonet Upper Marlboro 1 ESE 58 630 AM 3/02 Mesonet Bowie 58 524 PM 3/02 Mesonet Hyattsville 58 540 AM 3/02 Mesonet Bowie 1 S 58 525 PM 3/02 Mesonet Kenilworth 1 ENE 58 1200 PM 3/02 Mesonet Oxon Hill 58 524 PM 3/02 Mesonet Glenarden 1 SSW 58 203 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...St. Marys County... Patuxent River Nas 2 69 852 AM 3/02 AWOS Patuxent River 68 249 PM 3/02 ASOS Ridge 6 SE 63 635 AM 3/02 WXFLOW Chaptico 1 ENE 60 409 AM 3/02 Mesonet Webster Field 60 358 PM 3/02 ASOS Saint Inigoes 2 W 59 1106 AM 3/02 AWOS ...Washington County... Hagerstown Regional 61 1231 PM 3/02 ASOS VIRGINIA ...ANZ536... Dahlgren 3 ENE 66 737 AM 3/02 Buoy Dahlgren 2 SE 64 730 AM 3/02 Buoy Dahlgren 3 ESE 62 655 AM 3/02 Buoy Swan Point 5 S 61 818 AM 3/02 Buoy ...Arlington County... Ronald Reagan Washin 62 504 PM 3/02 ASOS ...Augusta County... Staunton Arpt 1 ENE 58 1209 AM 3/02 CWOP ...City of Manassas... Manassas 3 SW 60 521 AM 3/02 AWOS ...Fairfax County... Newington 2 ESE 60 542 PM 3/02 AWOS Woodbridge 3 E 59 617 PM 3/02 Mesonet Chantilly 59 342 AM 3/02 Mesonet Annandale 1 W 58 824 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Frederick County... Winchester 2 SE 61 235 AM 3/02 AWOS ...Greene County... Swift Run 2 ESE 70 1121 AM 3/02 Public Stanardsville 69 344 AM 3/02 Mesonet Amicus 1 E 64 443 AM 3/02 CWOP Shady Grove 3 N 60 1254 PM 3/02 Mesonet Lydia 1 SE 59 839 PM 3/02 CWOP Lydia 2 SSE 59 839 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Highland County... Monterey 2 WSW 60 942 PM 3/01 Trained Spotter ...King George County... Dahlgren 3 NE 75 652 AM 3/02 Mesonet King George 1 ESE 60 559 AM 3/02 Mesonet King George 1 WNW 58 210 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Loudoun County... Dulles International 71 1139 AM 3/02 ASOS Leesburg 2 SSW 62 535 PM 3/02 AWOS Hillsboro 1 SSW 62 850 AM 3/02 Mesonet Dulles International 62 531 PM 3/02 ASOS Leesburg Executive A 62 535 PM 3/02 AWOS Arcola 2 NNE 61 929 AM 3/02 Mesonet Leesburg 1 WNW 59 735 AM 3/02 Mesonet Ashburn 1 ESE 59 1119 AM 3/02 Mesonet Arcola 3 SSE 58 347 AM 3/02 Mesonet Lovettsville 2 ENE 58 103 PM 3/02 CWOP Countryside 3 ESE 58 1110 AM 3/02 Mesonet Arcola 2 SSW 58 345 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Madison County... Etlan 78 1135 AM 3/02 Broadcast Media ...Nelson County... Wintergreen 4 WNW 65 114 AM 3/02 Mesonet Wintergreen 1 SW 60 255 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Page County... Hamburg 1 NE 63 215 PM 3/02 AWOS Newport 1 SSW 58 154 PM 3/02 Mesonet ...Prince William County... Quantico Marine Corp 63 1019 AM 3/02 AWOS ...Rappahannock County... Slate Mills 3 NE 70 408 AM 3/02 Trained Spotter ...Spotsylvania County... Fredericksburg 3 SE 63 1155 AM 3/02 AWOS ...Stafford County... Stafford 60 315 PM 3/02 AWOS WEST VIRGINIA ...Berkeley County... Martinsburg Arpt 1 N 58 153 AM 3/02 ASOS ...Grant County... Petersburg 1 S 59 935 PM 3/01 AWOS ...Hampshire County... Winchester 15 W 76 700 AM 3/02 Public ...Jefferson County... Bakerton 2 SW 58 1019 AM 3/02 Mesonet ...Pendleton County... Brushy Run 2 SW 65 117 AM 3/02 RAWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Cast Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 The scene from SW Warrenton. This is along a 3 mile stretch with snapped power poles and downed lines. Had to drive over some dead power lines to get home. Whole section has shut off power, they can't even start working on it because it's too windy. Personally had to get out the chain saw and quarter a downed pine laying across the road about a mile north of our house to go out and get supplies. I’ve never seen this kind of damage in Fauquier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 We only got up to 38 mph yesterday and never lost power, but the damage was apparent driving around. I like a good windy day, but damaging winds are a bit too much. Looks like MD peaked with about 500,000 customers without power last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, cae said: We only got up to 38 mph yesterday and never lost power, but the damage was apparent driving around. I like a good windy day, but damaging winds are a bit too much. Looks like MD peaked with about 500,000 customers without power last night. Interesting - thanks for posting. In VA, DOM peaked at close to 400,000 customers w/o power. Combined and factoring in DC, that's close to 1M (assuming DC is not in your MD stat). Multiply the number of customers by the number of people per customer (whatever that number is) we had a couple million + people w/o power. Have to guess a lot of folks went to hotels for the night. Can only surmise the wide spread chaos IVO 95 and the Susquehanna when 95 was closed yesterday. The traffic map showed a pretty dire situation. Hotels were probably jammed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, RDM said: Interesting - thanks for posting. In VA, DOM peaked at close to 400,000 customers w/o power. Combined and factoring in DC, that's close to 1M (assuming DC is not in your MD stat). Multiply the number of customers by the number of people per customer (whatever that number is) we had a couple million + people w/o power. Have to guess a lot of folks went to hotels for the night. Can only surmise the wide spread chaos IVO 95 and the Susquehanna when 95 was closed yesterday. The traffic map showed a pretty dire situation. Hotels were probably jammed. I think the local movie theaters and restaurants did pretty well last night too, as long as they had power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 10 hours ago, Dan76 said: Used to run mine till ten after Sandy than start in morning got good at it after 7days Ours actually ran for 13 hours before I refilled it! We have the fridges on now so we can keep the food going. Will give it a break for a bit this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: Thanks! I tend to *mostly* stay away from impersonal avatars haha. You're making me feel extremely old. I remember getting weenie tagged in 2006 and having Trixie rip me a new one. Lol. I'm not sure but did you just dis my avatar?!? But, I miss the days when Trixie tried to run this place like an English nanny. God, there were some epic blow ups. And you old?!? That's funny. On topic, still blustery here this morning. I had to go out on the ladder to put some loose siding back into the grooves on one side of the house. Maybe next winter when business for HighStakes is slow, I'll have him back out here to tear down and re-side that wind tunnel side of my house and reverse the seams so the high winds don't get under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 My neighbors are having a bad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gymengineer Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 47 minutes ago, cae said: I think the local movie theaters and restaurants did pretty well last night too, as long as they had power. The iPic theater across the street from me had power flickering during much of the day, annoying a lot of the moviegoers. Their associated restaurant decided to close so you had a roving group of bartenders and wait staff out on a Friday night drinking at other establishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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