A subtropical ridge was present over the Mid Atlantic and hot and humid conditions persisted. This led to an unstable atmosphere.
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A subtropical ridge was present over the Mid Atlantic and hot and humid conditions persisted. This led to an unstable atmosphere. A shortwave trough moved into the Mid Atlantic and showers and thunderstorms formed that were capable of strong winds.
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NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 2:03 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
303 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY BEFORE STALLING OVER THE AREA
FRIDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL IMPACT THE AREA DURING THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR
LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
FOLLOWS...
BERMUDA HIGH SITUATED IN THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT HOT
AND HUMID CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S
ACROSS MOST OTHER LOCATIONS.
THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS HAVE LED TO AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE...SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS. LATEST MESOANALYSIS
SHOWS 1500 TO 2500 J/KG OF MLCAPE ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. A
SHORTWAVE IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SHORTWAVE AND A SURFACE
TROUGH HAS ALLOWED FOR CONVECTION TO INITIATE IN THE SHENANDOAH
VALLEY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
INTENSIFY AS THEY PROPAGATE EAST THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CWA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DESPITE MARGINAL SHEAR
PROFILES...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SOME
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL.
THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTION LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST. A STRONGER
SHORTWAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA TOWARD
SUNRISE. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO
PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY WHILE THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM MOVES INTO OUR AREA. A POTENT SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. DESPITE MORE CLOUD COVER...THERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH BREAKS OF SUNSHINE FOR AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO
DEVELOP. THE STRONG SOURCES OF LIFT ALONG WITH INSTABILITY WILL
LIKELY TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS SUGGESTS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN
HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
HAVE NOT ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME THINKING THAT THE
STORMS WILL BE PROGRESSIVE...KEEPING ANY FLASH FLOODING ISOLATED.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY WILL BE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE COLD FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVERHEAD THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH DRIER AIR TO ADVECT IN TO ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO WEAKEN. UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE GREAT LAKES FRIDAY AND DESPITE DRIER AIR...THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH INSTABILITY DUE TO COLDER AIR ALOFT FOR POSSIBLE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE WKND LOOKING QUITE UNSTTLD...AS IT APPEARS AS THO THE CDFNT WL
DSPT RATHER THAN CLR THE AREA. IF NOT...THEN IT WL BE STALLED ATOP
RGN. EITHER WAY...AN ANOMALOUSLY DP H5 LOW SETS UP IN/NEAR THE
GRTLKS...WHICH LEAVES A TROF AXIS INVOF THE APLCHNS. ALTHO PWAT LKLY
WL BE LWR THAN CURRENTLY...THERE STILL WL BE SLY/SWLY FLOW SFC-H5.
THE ABV FACTORS WL COMBINE TO SUPPORT DAILY PCPN CHC.
PTTN BECOMES STAGNANT INTO ELY NEXT WK...AS ADDTL MSTR WL BE
ADVECTED INTO RGN. SINCE AMS WL BECOME MORE MOISTURE-LADEN AND SFC
TROFFING PROVIDES A FOCUS...THAT CUD MEAN A WET PD ELY NEXT WK.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE TERMINALS THIS
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS.
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY..ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
AN UNSTTLD PD LIES AHD...W/ PDS OF POTL FLGT RESTRICTIONS DUE TO
SHRA/TSRA INTO THE WKND. WHILE THE PCPN SHUD PRIMARILY CONTAIN A
DIURNAL TREND...CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT TSRA OVNGT INTO THE MRNG
EITHER. TSRA MAY PROVIDE BRIEF AOB IFR CONDS IF A DIRECT HIT WERE
RECEIVED...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THAT HPPNG QUITE LOW. INSTEAD...MRNG BR
WL ALSO BE A CONCERN...PROVIDING MVFR TO PERHAPS IFR CONDS.
&&
.MARINE...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. PRESSURE
GRADIENT INCREASES AND SCA IS FCST FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS FOR THE MARYLAND
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.
A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FLOW VEERS FRI AS A CDFNT ENTERS THE DELMARVA. MIXED PROFILES
SHUD BE BETTER...BUT SINCE BNDRY OVHD...WNDS WL ACTUALLY BE LESS.
THE MID BAY WL BE FURTHEST AWAY FM THIS POTL BNDRY...AND STILL
STANDS A CHC AT WNDS NEAR SCA/ LVLS. A SIMLR SITUATION CONTS INTO
THE WKND.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY
FOR ANZ530>534-537>543.
&&
SYNOPSIS...HAS/HTS
NEAR TERM...BJL
SHORT TERM...BJL
LONG TERM...HTS
AVIATION...BJL/HTS
MARINE...BJL/HTSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 302 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 271000- 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- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 302 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN THURSDAY. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-271000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 302 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN THURSDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NW MANCHESTER 39.72N 76.97W
06/25/2013 CARROLL MD PUBLIC
TREE DOWN OVER GRAND VALLEY ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300528
STRONGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
252 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0236 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISON MILLS 38.28N 78.14W
06/26/2013 ORANGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE OVER ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300529
STRONGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
253 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0229 PM TSTM WND DMG RAPIDAN 38.31N 78.06W
06/26/2013 ORANGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE OVER ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300530
STRONGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
255 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0224 PM TSTM WND DMG RACCOON FORD 38.36N 77.94W
06/26/2013 ORANGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE OVER ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300531
STRONGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
322 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0156 PM TSTM WND DMG REVA 38.49N 78.13W
06/26/2013 CULPEPER VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES UPROOTED
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300532
SMZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
323 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0233 PM TSTM WND DMG RAPIDAN 38.31N 78.07W
06/26/2013 ORANGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1300534
SMZThe Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There was a tree down on wires along Jacksontown Road.
There was a tree down on West Lombard Street.
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