A thunderstorm that moved through during the early afternoon of the 9th produced an F0 tornado in southeast Jefferson County. The twister touched down near Summit Point and moved southeast on the ground for 4 miles before lifting near Rippon.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm that moved through during the early afternoon of the 9th produced an F0 tornado in southeast Jefferson County. The twister touched down near Summit Point and moved southeast on the ground for 4 miles before lifting near Rippon. Winds from the tornado estimated up to 70 MPH downed several trees and a handful of power lines along its path. Near Summit Point, an outbuilding was damaged. Siding was also removed from a house. Ten to twenty trees were downed onto Leetown Road about ½ mile south of Summit Point. Trees and power lines were also downed onto Darke Lane West near Rippon.
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 Jul 9, 9:40 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1040 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 .UPDATED...SFC BNDRY ACRS PA/OHIO VLY. AHD OF THIS BNDRY...PLENTY OF INSTAB IN PLACE. MODIFIED SNDG TO FCST CONDS YIELD LI TO -7 AND B+ TO 3K. SO...IF TSTMS CAN BE TRIGGERED...THERE IS PLENTY TO SUSTAIN THEM. IN FACT...TSTMS FIRING UP ALREADY IN WVA...MVG EWD. SO...GOING FCST IN GOOD SHAPE OVRALL. POP STRUCTURE GOOD AS IT CRRNTLY STANDS. WL BUMP TEMP IN MTNS UP A FEW. QSTN WHETHER MAXT IN CNTRL FOOTHILLS-NRN PIEDMONT CAN GET INTO LWR 90S. HWVR...ETA/GFS MOS AND RUC-80 SFC FIELDS ALL INDICATE IT CAN. SOME GRIDS UPDTD... BUT JUST A MINOR TEMP CHG IN A CPL OF PLACES. HOPE TO GET ALL PRODUCTS OUT THE DOOR BY 11AM. -HTS TODAY-TONIGHT LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK CDFNT EXTENDS ACROSS NRN PA AND IS FCST TO MOVE SLOWLY SWD AND REACH THE MASON DIXON LINE BY 00Z THU. VERY DEEP MOISTURE WITH PWS IN EXCESS OF 2.0 INS AND WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ALG THE SRN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES WILL RESULT IN SCT TO NMRS TSTMS TODAY. HIGHEST POPS TODAY IN THE NORTH CLOSER TO SFC BDRY AND ALG TRACK OF SEWD MOVING VORT COMING OUT OF LK MI. MAIN THREAT TODAY SHOULD BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PWS IN THE 2.1-2.3 INS RANGE. SVR WX NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO WEAK SHEAR (0-6KM SHEAR <25KTS) AND WARM AIR ALOFT. COULD BE SOME ISOLD FLOODING PROBLEMS TODAY GIVEN HIGH PW AIR MASS BUT THREAT NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUUGH TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...FFG IS ALSO PRETTY HIGH. MAX TEMPS TODAY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS WITH HIGHS MID 80S NORTH UPPER 80S DCA TO LOWER 90S BY CHO AND EZF. MAV MOS LOOKS TOO HOT AGAIN AND DISREGARDED. TONIGHT...EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING BY MORNING GIVEN EXPECTED WET GROUND...VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S AND LIGHT WINDS. ROSA LONG TERM...THU-TUE NOT A LOT OF CHANGES WITH THE CURRENT PATTERN WI TEMPS REMAINING NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. FRONT WILL REMAIN AROUND THE FA INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH A FEW SHORT WVS SO CONTINUING A CHC OF TSTMS EACH DAY/NIGHT. MDLS STILL INDICATE A STRONGER SHORT WV WL MOVE DOWN AM THE WRN N AMERICA RD ON FRI AND WL HELP PUSH THE FRONT THRU THE CWA BY LATE FRI. THAT WILL HELP CLEAR/DRY US OUT SAT AND INTO EARLY SUN FOR A GOOD WEEKEND. NEXT SHORT WV AND CHC OF TSTM MAY AFFECT REGION LATE SUN/MON. ND .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE.
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-100800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1154 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED THE ENTIRE AREA AS HAVING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 6 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
828 AM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0948 PM CUMBERLAND MD WIND DAMAGE
07/08/03 ALLEGANY TREES DOWN
1024 PM WILEY FORD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/08/03 MINERAL A FEW TREES DOWN.The Sterling radar (KLWX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado damaged buildings and trees along its 4 mile path.
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