2021 Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather - General Discussion

[KAOS]

Rumbling to the west... this is the new air mass incoming.

 

[Stormfly]

13 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Two deer just decided to plop down in my neighbor’s yard and wait out the storm.  Have never seen that.

Yeah that's odd!

Reminds me of the ole Goose of '85!

[NorthArlington101]

Nice.

[BlizzardNole]

Only 0.1 total as we do not do thunderstorms in Germantown but we have the stratiform rain coming Friday which we do well with.

[Eskimo Joe]

Let's all pour one out for the CAMs and HRRR that horribly busted low on this event.

[WeatherShak]

We just got jacked. Thunder clap over the house. Flooded yard. Temp drop by 20 degrees. And just pot side the TS Watch/Warning.

[frd]

Wow, that line really intensified on the extreme Eastern Shore and moved through here with driving rain and tons of lightening  

[KAOS]

While I did not get jacked IMBY... there was quite a bit of thunder, some lightning and brief gusts. Not impressed.

[KAOS]

Can't help but feeling like I have been short pumped.

[Maestrobjwa]

Pretty nice thunderstorm(s)!!! Howling winds and the like here 

[Stormfly]

Yes we got shafted too!  Barely enough rain to water the garden.  A few claps of thunder.  That was IT! 

[weatherCCB]

Both lines missed here

nice light show with the 2nd batch, but would’ve liked at least a nice shower.

[WEATHER53]

My report is tepid from Balt to Beltsville until 8:20 when it went insane deluge with water coming in under the doors of the church we were in. It was so loud.  Sharp lightning but rain was feature in my travels 

[WEATHER53]

2 hours ago, 87storms said:

Severe tstorm watch was a wise decision. There’s something to be said about a stagnant airmass as a prelude to severe here.

Absolutely. No wind, well over 90, humid, and build up towering .  My friend in WV said  over 10 telephone poles just blown down  mostly snapped near the bottom 

[WEATHER53]

5 hours ago, wxtrix said:

microburst?

783
NWUS51 KLWX 262021
LSRLWX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
418 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW RANSON            39.29N  77.87W
05/26/2021                   JEFFERSON          WV   911 CALL CENTER

            12 TELEPHONE POLES BLEW DOWN ON MIDDLEWAY PIKE JUST
            WEST OF CHARLES TOWN.

Would not the winds to blowdown a dozen poles have to be around 90?

[09-10 analogy]

Full sun day and instability produces around here again, as people have said. Solid T&L event last evening. Been waiting on one of those for awhile. Lots of CG around, especially at the tail end of the storm: something else that's not uncommon. 

[blueberryfaygo]

yesterday was the first time in many years that I have been hit by two legit severe storms in one day.  The second one was really wild... looked like those pictures of super cells coming in over the plains.

[blueberryfaygo]

8 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Nice.

This

[H2O]

Love going to bed to the sound of thunder.  had 3 rounds.

[blueberryfaygo]

 

[mappy]

Ian saw a sweet shelf a little after 8

 

[dailylurker]

18 minutes ago, mappy said:

Ian saw a sweet shelf a little after 8

 

It was awesome here too. I caught a great view of it from 600' up with my drone. This drone is a game changer. Living in a wooded area always limited my view of storms. Not anymore!

[Kmlwx]

Slight risk for tomorrow. 

[SnowenOutThere]

28 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

Slight risk for tomorrow. 

Yep it even has a 2 percent for tornados, after looking at the Nam(s) it would seem we would get imbedded storms in an overall rainy environment. 

[vastateofmind]

1 hour ago, H2O said:

Love going to bed to the sound of thunder.  had 3 rounds.

I was surprised at the punch the first two rounds packed yesterday -- the 5 p.m. hour was somewhat impressive on radar on approach, but then seemed to reserve its worst for just south, Dale City/Woodbridge. But man, that 8 p.m. round....a direct hit and a solid light/sound show. That line looked a little more compact but stronger on radar. I usually take too many pics of wx, but (of course) was in the shower when Round 2 approached/came through last night, when so many great pics captured around the sub. Interesting day to track severe, for sure.

[H2O]

2 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

I was surprised at the punch the first two rounds packed yesterday -- the 5 p.m. hour was somewhat impressive on radar on approach, but then seemed to reserve its worst for just south, Dale City/Woodbridge. But man, that 8 p.m. round....a direct hit and a solid light/sound show. That line looked a little more compact but stronger on radar. I usually take too many pics of wx, but (of course) was in the shower when Round 2 approached/came through last night, when so many great pics captured around the sub. Interesting day to track severe, for sure.

Round 2 was def the best.  First line hit I-95 and died thanks to the Death Valley micro climate.  The 8pm one had that sweet dark clouds and pink horizon with tons of T&L.  Night storms with lots of flashes are drool worthy.  Little cell around 10 was a surprise.  I hope all the cicadas did well.  they were back at it this morning.

[dailylurker]

15 minutes ago, H2O said:

Round 2 was def the best.  First line hit I-95 and died thanks to the Death Valley micro climate.  The 8pm one had that sweet dark clouds and pink horizon with tons of T&L.  Night storms with lots of flashes are drool worthy.  Little cell around 10 was a surprise.  I hope all the cicadas did well.  they were back at it this morning.

Same here. I was watching it with my drone right at dark. You could see the shelf cloud and dark curtains of rain with a dark orange backdrop. That was all highlighted by big bolts of cloud to ground lightning. They were some fun storms for sure. Really enjoyable. 

[high risk]

1 hour ago, Kmlwx said:

Slight risk for tomorrow. 

       Tomorrow has sneaky warm front potential for sure, as storms interacting with and just south of the front will be in an environment with very favorable hodographs.   The question is where the warm front sets up.     Right now, I'd definitely want to be south of DC (in line with the SLGT risk area), as I think it's going to be too stable at the surface for those of us north of town.

[Eskimo Joe]

7 minutes ago, high risk said:

       Tomorrow has sneaky warm front potential for sure, as storms interacting with and just south of the front will be in an environment with very favorable hodographs.   The question is where the warm front sets up.     Right now, I'd definitely want to be south of DC (in line with the SLGT risk area), as I think it's going to be too stable at the surface for those of us north of town.

Getting that May 3, 2021 vibe for the I-64 to I-66 corridor.

[SnowenOutThere]

1 hour ago, vastateofmind said:

I was surprised at the punch the first two rounds packed yesterday -- the 5 p.m. hour was somewhat impressive on radar on approach, but then seemed to reserve its worst for just south, Dale City/Woodbridge. But man, that 8 p.m. round....a direct hit and a solid light/sound show. That line looked a little more compact but stronger on radar. I usually take too many pics of wx, but (of course) was in the shower when Round 2 approached/came through last night, when so many great pics captured around the sub. Interesting day to track severe, for sure.

It was crazy! I would say that the shelf cloud developed as it moved over and approached me, at first it was sort of like a shelf cloud when I first say it looking down the street. Then when I could see the cloud my neighborhood as it broke the tree line 10 minutes it looked more impressive and then just went from there to a proper shelf cloud as it came closer. That combined with the crazy orange sky behind it with flashes of lightning as the sun set makes it one of favorite weather events in a while. The light show was incredible and the wind was pretty good but the main thing was the lightning I just kept going. I also picked up 1.2 inches of rain which was the main thing I wanted/needed from yesterday so overall great day.