A fast moving cold front swept across the area on January 18. Strong winds caused a large pine tree to come down across Binford Avenue in Waynesboro.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A fast moving cold front swept across the area on January 18. Strong winds caused a large pine tree to come down across Binford Avenue in Waynesboro. The winds were estimated between 35 to 50 mph by regional airports and cooperative stations. Some isolated power outages were also reported.
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 Jan 18, 9:55 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 955 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 .MORNING UPDATE... SQUALLY SHOWER LINE (WITH A COUPLE TSTMS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CALL A SQUALL LINE) JUST PASSING THROUGH THE BALT/DC METRO AREAS. SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KT OR SO ASSOC WITH THIS LINE. OTHERWISE...JUST A FEW SHWRS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR NOW. SN SHWRS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE ALLEG FRONT AND HIGHER RIDGES IN THE WEST DUE TO UPSLOPE EFFECT. WILL MENTION ACCUM 1 OR LESS UP THERE FOR THE AFTN. GUST POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE INTO GALE WARNING CRIT...NOT JUST CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL BUT SYNOPTIC TOO...SO WILL EXTEND THE GALE WRNG THROUGH 5 PM FOR ALL WATERS. WATER LEVELS SHOULD BE OK THIS AFTN WITH WINDS BCMG WEST. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES TO THE GOING FCST. JB && .SHORT TERM (TDA/TNGT)... FEELING MORE LIKE LATE MAR THAN MID JAN... A MDNGT SFC ANLYS SHOWS IT IS WARMER IN NW VT (34)THAN IN ERN TX (31). OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CD FNT SHOW 51 AT HTS AND 29 AT LEX - 110 MILES APART. BTWN MDNGT AND 1 AM HTS TEMP DROPPED 13 DEGS. ON RDR...A COUPLE OF FINE LINES HV SET UP - OVR SERN VA AND ANOTHER MVG INTO CENTRAL WV. CRW WINDS WENT FM 17009 TO 27019G35 IN 45 MIN. WELL MONITOR THESE AS THEY APRCH THE LWX CWA. VWP SHOWS 18050 AT 020 FT. SPL MARINE WNRGS W/ THESE LINES WOULD BE THE MAIN CONCERN. LTNG DTCTN SHOWING NO STRIKES IN N AMERICA. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THIS FNT WL LV MENTION OF ISOLD T IN ZNS...BUT DONT FEEL THIS IS MUCH..IF ANY..THREAT. E OF THE MTNS PCPN SHOULD SHUT OFF PRETTY QUICKLY POST FRONTAL DURG MIDDAY...LVG THE WRN SLOPES OF ALLEGHENY FNT W/ THEIR USUAL SNSH. TEMP WISE...W/ STNG CD FNT COMING THRU DURG THE MRNG HRS AM NOT XPCTG MUCH OF A DIURNAL RISE TDA. WIND WISE...SEEMS STRONGEST WINDS ARE GOING TO BE AHD OF THE FNT. DCA RECENTLY EXPERIENCED G36 KTS. STILL...W/STG CAA LATE MRNG/THIS AFTN G30 WL BE COMMON. HOLD ON TO THE HATS... TNGT THINGS WL CALM DOWN. XPCTG TO SEE PLENTY OF STARS IN THE SKY WHEN I DRIVE IN FOR THE MIDNGT SHIFT TNGT. TEMPS IN 20S XCPT IN E OF I-95 WHERE SOME L30S ARE PSBL. WOODY && LONG TERM (THU-TUE)... HIGH PRES WILL BE IN CONTROL THU-FRI WITH TEMPS WELL ABV NORMAL AND NO PRECIP XPCD. LOW PRES OVR THE MIDWEST WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS PA AND SRN NEW ENGLAND DRAGGING A CDFNT THRU THE AREA SAT NIGHT BRINGING THE THREAT OF A FEW SHRAS. HIGH PRES BUILDS AGAIN MON. && MARINE... GUST OVR 35 KT OVRNIGHT UNTIL FROPA EARLY WED. WE WL WATCH FOR ANY DVLPMNT OF FINE LNS OVRNGT WHICH COULD TRANSLATE STNG WINDS DOWN. STRONG SCA TO CONTINUE INTO WED EVE. THEN NO FURTHER SCA FORESEEN FOR NOW. SAT NIGHT AND SUN MORN WOULD BE THE ONLY PERIOD TO WATCH... BUT FOR NOW THE SYSTEM APPEARS TOO WEAK TO JUSTIFY SCA. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ530>537 TIL 5 PM. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 FROM 5 PM TO 10 PM. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1015 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-190915- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- PENDLETON-HARDY- 1015 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST-NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ABOVE 1000 FT...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ANZ530>537-190915- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- 1015 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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