Remnant outflow from convection the day before over the Midwest combined with a lee pressure trough resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Several produced localized wind damage and some hail.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Remnant outflow from convection the day before over the Midwest combined with a lee pressure trough resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Several produced localized wind damage and some hail.
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 Jul 25, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
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</html>The Sterling radar (KLWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:29 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were several reports of trees, branches and wires blown down in the Edgemere area.
There were several reports of trees, branches and wires blown down between Capitol Heights and Forestville.
Several trees and large branches blew down along VA-661 Horsehead Road and Poplar Hill Road.
Numerous trees, branches and wires blew down between Dentsville and Bryantown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2023
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1107801, 1107802, 1107803, 1107804.