A mainly dry cold front moved through the region with strong northwest winds in the wake. These winds caused sporadic damage across the area.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A mainly dry cold front moved through the region with strong northwest winds in the wake. These winds caused sporadic damage across the area.
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 12, 7:34 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 834 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 .SYNOPSIS... High pressure will build over the area through Monday. A stationary front will develop across the area Monday night and persists through the middle of the week before pushing south Thursday. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... At 8 pm - BWI 81/33...DCA 83/35...IAD 80/34...CHO 84/46. Extremely dry air has overspread the region. Winds will diminish through the evening hours, though gusts are expected to remain above 20 mph for all but sheltered valleys. Lows tonight 50s inland with low 60s nearshore and 40s in the Allegheny Highlands with dewpoints in the 40s. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... High pressure builds to the central Appalachians through Monday. Decent pressure gradient persists through midday Monday with NWly gusts around 20 knots through the morning. High temperatures generally low 80s with increasing high clouds through the afternoon. Low pressure persists over the Canadian maritimes through Tuesday night while low pressure reaches the upper Midwest. A narrow ridge between aides convergence over the area. POPs Tuesday night primarily over the NErn half of the CWA for showers. Near normal temperatures. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A persistent area of low pressure will stretch across our region Wednesday through Thursday. A chance of showers and thunderstorms will exist throughout the period with seasonably warm temperatures each afternoon and mild temperatures each night. An upper level disturbance will drop south-southeastward from the upper Midwest and Great Lakes toward the Tennessee Valley Thursday night through Friday night. The chance exists for some rain showers or perhaps a rumble of thunder each period. However; a ridge of high pressure, building southeastward on the eastern fringe of the disturbance, could keep most of the convection in check as it pushes some stable air into the region from the northeast. Temperatures will become a few degrees cooler late in the week. Uncertainty exists in the forecast for next weekend as the latest GFS/ECMWF have a large retrograding low spiraling just south and east of the region. This may bring a period of unsettled weather next weekend but due to the cutoff nature of the low the track and resultant sensible weather over the area is highly uncertain. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR conds through Tuesday. High pressure builds to the west through Monday. Gusts up to 20 knots continue through Monday morning. Winds shift to the south Tuesday with VFR. Showers possible in the DC metros Tuesday night. Ifr conditions Wednesday and Wednesday night with showers and thunderstorms. Winds light and southeast around 5 knots but gusty in any thunderstorms. && .MARINE... High pressure builds to the west through Monday. NWly gusts 20 to 25 knots overnight. Gusts up to 20 knots continue through Monday morning. Winds shift to the south Tuesday. Showers possible in the DC metros Tuesday night. No marine hazards expected Wednesday and Wednesday night. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...None. MD...None. VA...None. WV...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 2 PM EDT Monday for ANZ530>543. && UPDATE...WOODY! PREVIOUS...BAJ/KLW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 648 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-132300- 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-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES- ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-SOUTHEAST HARFORD- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 648 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-132300- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT- EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- 648 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large branch was reported down across Virginia Route 229 at Chestnut Ford Rd.
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