Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 1:04am EDT
NWS Survey details events of August 12, 2010 double round of storms that hit the greater DC region
FREDERICK AND CARROLL COUNTIES…
…EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE MARYLAND…
LOCATION…SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE IN FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND
–DATE…12 AUGUST 2010
–ESTIMATED TIME…503 PM
–MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0
–ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…80 MPH
–MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…50 YARDS
–PATH LENGTH…0.25 MILES
–BEGINNING LAT/LON…39.4403N/77.1837W
–ENDING [...]
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Wed, August 18 2010 » DC area weather, NWS, severe weather coverage, summer 2010, tornado » No Comments
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 11:25pm EDT
Good Chase Today in South-Central Virginia
Today, Mark Ellinwood and myself once again ventured out to chase some Regional/local storm possibilities in the Mid-Atlantic. Today it was central and south-central Virginia. About my third time in the area and Mark’s first the chase went pretty well. We did not make [...]
Tags: DC area weather, local chase, Tropical Storm Colin, Virginia
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Thu, August 5 2010 » DC area weather, hurricanes 2010, lightning, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, summer 2010, tropical storm coverage » No Comments
Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 10:32pm EDT
Good chase, decent images, lots of power outages for the DC area. Recovery still underway.
While no tornadoes were reported with this severe weather event, there was lots of damage and power outages throughout the region. Wind reports in excess of 70mph were reported and during Mark and I’s [...]
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Mon, July 26 2010 » DC area weather, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, summer 2010 » No Comments
Friday, May 28th, 2010 at 3:03pm EDT
Active weather day yesterday. Moderate distance local chase, and great lightning storm in early morning hours.
Mark Ellinwood and myself took a drive north & east toward northeast Maryland and Southeastern Pennsylvania for some action there. It was a tough forecast (for me) mostly because of lack of time [...]
Tags: CG, lightning, local chase, northeast Maryland, Southeast Pennsylvania, Spring 2010, storm chase
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 11:19pm EDT
I’ve missed quite a few days blogging, here’s why:
Lots of good days to blog about, but unfortunately either a virus or some other hick-up was slamming my website hosting account. There is a possibility it was being done remotely somehow through my PC, as the IP was showing my [...]
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Monday, April 26th, 2010 at 12:45pm EDT
A summary of yesterday’s local storm chase.
A short chase/intercept with (I believe) less than 100 miles driven. The most interesting part….actually having a chaser convergence in Maryland.
WHAT? Yup, Bill Hark and myself happen to run into each other in Maryland, west of Frederick, Maryland after following some [...]
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Mon, April 26 2010 » DC area weather, Skywarn, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage » No Comments
Not a tornado people!
Neither is this!
Kinda looks like palm trees…but they are baby walnut trees.
This is a sample of the hail that I reported to NWS at quartersize.
0009 100 BEALLSVILLE MONTGOMERY MD 3918 7741 (LWX)
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Mon, April 26 2010 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Hurricanes 2008, Hurricanes 2009, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, snow, storm chasing, summer 2009 » No Comments
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at 11:01am EDT
Rescue works, red cross, and more in the devastated town of Yazoo City, Mississippi.
The town is now in recovery and rebuilding mode as the main storm threat is over. All kinds of government and civilian assistance organizations are on scene helping the many residents affected by this 1/2 [...]
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Sun, April 25 2010 » DC area weather, Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, storm chasing, tornado » No Comments
***Don’t forget to scroll down, as I am updating other posts from earlier today***
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Radar image form NWS:
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at 5:02 EDT (2102z).
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama now see the severe weather and tornado watches and warnings enter into their regions.
This system has plenty of energy, and likely will continue to spread east toward the [...]
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Sat, April 24 2010 » Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, tornado » No Comments
Injury and fatalities reports are coming in:
Apr 24, 4:22 PM EDT
2 killed as tornado strikes Miss.; others injured
By HOLBROOK MOHR
Associated Press Writer
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — A tornado touched down Saturday in rural Mississippi, killing two people, injuring several others and ripping the tops off buildings, the mayor of Yazoo City said.
The 3/4-mile wide [...]
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Sat, April 24 2010 » Spring 2010, severe weather coverage, tornado » No Comments