Daytime heating combined with an unstable lower atmosphere and favorable amounts of moisture contributed to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A few of these storms reached severe limits with large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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Daytime heating combined with an unstable lower atmosphere and favorable amounts of moisture contributed to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A few of these storms reached severe limits with large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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 9, 1:19 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
219 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
H5 TROF AXIS AND SFC BOUNDARY WILL BE E OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE A QUICK DEATH EARLY THIS EVENING. WILL
INCLUDE A THROUGH EARLY EVENING PERIOD FOR ONGOING ACTIVITY.
AFTER THAT...ATMOSPHERE DRIES FURTHER. EXPECT CLR SKIES AREAWIDE
BY MORNING.
STRONG PIECE OF VORT ENERGY RIDES SE IN THE H5 FLOW TMRW AFTN.
MODELS SHOW A LTL MORE MOISTURE IN THE SW VERSUS TDA...ALG WITH SOME
DECENT LIFT. LAPSE RATES IN THE LOW LVLS ARE STEEP. WILL USE 20/30
POP FOR THE SW TMRW AFTN. TEMPS AND DWPTS WILL BE A FEW DEGS COOLER
TMRW.
&&
.MARINE...
NWLY GRADIENT TIGHTENS LATE TNGT INTO SATURDAY...WILL KEEP
MENTION OF SCA IN THE CWF.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION EARLY. VSBY SHD BE FINE DUE
TO DRYING AND MIXING. EXPECT GUSTS INVOF 25KT AFTER 14Z TMRW.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT THE 850MB TEMP GRADIENT AND WEAK MID
LVL FORCING WILL BE JUST TO OUR S AND SW. THE NAM HAS IT SLIGHTLY
CLOSER THAN THE GFS. IN BOTH MODELS A WEAK WAVE TRAVELS DOWN THE
GRADIENT AND EITHER THRU OUR SOUTHERN FA AS PER THE NAM... OR JUST
S OF OUR FA PER THE GFS. WILL HAVE A GRADIENT OF CLOUDS AND POPS
INC TO THE S AND SW FOR SAT NIGHT THRU SUN NIGHT. SKEWED MORE
TOWARDS THE GFS WHICH LIMITS PRECIP CHCS ON SUNDAY OVER THE N HALF
OF THE FA. THE NAM WOULD HAVE RAIN PRETTY MUCH OVER THE ENTIRE FA
ON SUN... SO SOMETHING TO WATCH.
SETTLED PLEASANT WEATHER MOVES IN FOR THE EARLY AND MID WEEK AS A
WEAK CANADIAN HIGH MOVES OVER THE NE QUAD OF THE US. ONE POINT OF
CONCERN IS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT THE GFS DEVELOPS FROM THE NE
GULF OF MEX AND MOVES NE OFF THE SE COAST. MAY BE A MID TO LATE WEEK
CONCERN IF INDEED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT OCCURS.
HIGHS AROUND 80 FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED. NORMALS RUN IN THE LOW TO
MID 80S FOR MOST DURING THE UPCOMING SEVERAL DAYS.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM
SATURDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...RDH
LONG TERM...STRONG
AVIATION...RDH
MARINE...RDHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1055 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2006 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021- 025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ048>055-101100- 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- 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- 1055 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 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 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARINE AREA WHERE WINDS COULD GUST IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SPOTTER REPORTS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RDH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
146 PM EDT FRI JUN 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HAIL 5 SW PARKTON 39.59N 76.73W
06/09/2006 E0.88 INCH BALTIMORE MD BROADCAST MEDIA
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
&&
JDARNLEYThe Sterling radar (KLWX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees downed at intersection of Columbia Pike and Columbus Street.
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