A thunderstorm with high winds moved through the District around 4 PM EDT on the 6th. It caused 40 trees and 25 electrical wires to be downed, mainly across the northeast portion of the city.
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A thunderstorm with high winds moved through the District around 4 PM EDT on the 6th. It caused 40 trees and 25 electrical wires to be downed, mainly across the northeast portion of the city. Four homes were damaged by fallen trees. The roof of an apartment building was also blown off. A wind gust of 48 MPH was recorded at Washington Reagan National Airport. Nearly 8000 customers lost power as a direct result of the storm.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 9:33 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 1033 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 WL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE ZNS TO REFLECT A DECREASE IN CLD CVR...AND CONSEQUENTLY AN INCREASE IN TEMPS. 14Z TEMPS KEEPING PACE WITH OR SLIGHTLY AHD OF YDY/S TEMPS. HV GONE AHEAD AND RAISED TEMPS E OF THE BLUE RIDGE BY A FEW CATS TO REFLECT U80S IN THE METRO AREAS AND LWR SRN MD. AFTN/EVE SVR LOOKS TO BE A POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN TDY...ALONG WITH HVY RAFL. PWATS CLIMBING TO AROUND 2.00 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA...AND W SLOW MVMT OF CDFNT AND ASSOCIATED TSRA FEEL THAT HVY RAFL POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS...AND WL LEAVE PRESENT FFA AS IS. LARGELY INSTABILITY DRIVEN SVR AGAIN A POSSIBILITY TDY. MODIFIED IAD SOUNDING YIELDS AROUND 3000 J/KG OF SFC BASED CAPE /SBCAPE/...WITH LITTLE IF ANY CINH. WIND FIELDS ARE NOT SHOWING MUCH SHEAR...BUT THE STRONG INSTABILITY WL HELP TO OFFSET WEAKNESSES IN THE WIND FIELD. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. UPDATED ZFP BY 1445... MANNING .LWX... DC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONE DCZ001. MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES MDZ002>007...MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014. VA...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES VAZ021...VAZ025>031...VAZ038>042...VAZ051>054. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY FOR ZONES WVZ048>055.
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-070330- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 1130 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THIS INCLUDES MARYLAND...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHWEST VIRGINIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH... HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 10 PM. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. MANNING
DCZ001-VAZ054-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 354 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON D.C. METRO AREA... AT 349 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN FAIRFAX...NORTHERN CHARLES AND SOUTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THROUGH 415 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. JA/DM
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Forty trees were downed and the roof of an apartment building was blown off. The time was estimated.
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