A strong cold front combined with a humid and unstable air mass across the Mid Atlantic on August 9th. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the eastern pan handle of West Virginia during the late morning and spread east to the Blue Ridge during the early and mid afternoon.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A strong cold front combined with a humid and unstable air mass across the Mid Atlantic on August 9th. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the eastern pan handle of West Virginia during the late morning and spread east to the Blue Ridge during the early and mid afternoon. A storm moving over Hardy County became severe, producing damaging winds southwest of Moorefield.
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 Aug 9, 1:45 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 245 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TRACK EAST OF THE REGION BY LATE FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...CAVEAT - WE ARE WORKING W/ A MINIMAL SUMMER STAFF TDA...AND HV BEEN SPENDING THE BULK OF OUR DAY DEALING W/ PTNL SVR WX ISSUES. NOT A LOT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT LOOKING AT MDLS/CONTEMPLATING...SO MUCH OF THE AFTN PCKG WL BE A REISSUE OF THE PRVS SHIFTS WORK. WE HV BEEN IN DSCN W/ SPC REGARDING THE WTCH IN EFFECT TIL 20Z. THE AREA OF TSTMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WTCH IS MOVG E OF THE CWA...AND AM PLANNING TO DROP THAT WTCH ERLY. THERE IS ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS OVR WRN PA MOVG ESE...WHICH WL BE WATCHED AND COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER WTCH IN THE COMING HRS. BNDRY CONTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA..WITH BULK OF CNVCTN FIRING ON THE N SIDE OF IT. WL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE TSTMS/RASH DVLPG DURG THE OVRNGT. IN SPITE OF A FALL IN TEMPS DURG ERLY AFTN HRS..BLV MID ATLC IS IN STORE FOR ANOTHER WARM NGT...W/ TEMPS IN 70S E OF THE HIGHLANDS. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/...MDLS SEEM IN AGREEMENT THAT A LOW WL FORM ON THE BNDRY ERLY FRI AND TRACK E...DRAGGING MORE STABLE AIR INTO THE RGN. WL RMV POPS IN THE W FOR THE AFTN HRS...AND PERHAPS THAT CAN BE REDUCED FURTHER BY LATER SHIFTS. ALTHO NOT THE WARMTH OF WED..IT WL STILL BE QUITE WARM..W/ TEMPS U80S/L90S MOST LOCALES. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...SUB TROP RDG LOOKS TO MIGRATE OVER THE 4 CRNR RGN NEXT WEEK...CAUSING SOME WK UPR TROFFING IN THE ERN U.S. TEMPS STILL 85-90 FOR HIGHS. PERHAPS ANOTHER WV TO BRING SOME PCPN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WK? BUT NO DROUGHT BUSTER IN SIGHT. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... TERMINALS WL NEED TO CONT TO BE MONITORED FOR TSTMS RMDR OF AFTN THRU FRI MRNG. && .MARINE...TSTMS XPCTD IN WATERS THRU EVE HRS...PSBLY OVRNGT. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && ALL PRODUCTS - WOODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 313 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502- VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-101515- 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-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-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-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 313 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CURRENTLY THERE ARE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA MOVING INTO LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING SOUTHEAST. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FRIDAY AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 423 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 VAZ037-050-092100- ORANGE VA-ALBEMARLE VA- 423 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ORANGE AND ALBEMARLE COUNTIES... AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BARBOURSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE COMMUNITY OF GORDONSVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREA WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THE LISTED AREA. STRONG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 515 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 MDZ003-501-502-VAZ027-028-031-WVZ050>053-055-501>504-100315- WASHINGTON-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-CLARKE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY- JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL- EASTERN MINERAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND... WINCHESTER...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...BAYARD...PETERSBURG... EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER...FORT ASHBY 515 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLY HAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RDH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 626 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 MDZ003-004-092330- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK 626 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS HEADING TOWARDS HAGERSTOWN AND FREDERICK... AT 6:20 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MARYLAND. THIS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND BETWEEN 6:15 AND 7:30 THIS EVENING. EXPECT BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 637 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 WVZ055-092300- HARDY WV- 637 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HARDY COUNTY... AT 637 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF MCCAULEY...NEAR ROUTE 55...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITY OF WARDENSVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM BETWEEN 6:30 AND 7:15 THIS EVENING. STRONG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
649 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CISMONT 38.06N 78.31W
08/09/2007 ALBEMARLE VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN AT GORDONSVILLE ROAD AND CISMONT ROAD
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HITCHENSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 722 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 MDZ006-007-100000- NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-HARFORD MD- 722 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHERN BALTIMORE AND HARFORD COUNTIES... AT 722 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARYLAND LINE TO REISTERSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF JARRETTSVILLE...COCKEYSVILLE...FALLSTON...PLEASANT HILLS...BEL AIR...ABERDEEN AND PERRYMAN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS BETWEEN 7:15 AND 8:30 THIS EVENING. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Hardy County official reported trees down on South Fork Road southwest of Moorefield, WV.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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