A stalled front amid an unstable airmass spawned clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms, one of which produced considerable wind damage over far northern Virginia.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A stalled front amid an unstable airmass spawned clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms, one of which produced considerable wind damage over far northern Virginia.
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 15, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Sterling radar (KLWX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires blew down in the 15600 block of Edwards Ferry Road.
There were two reports of trees blown down in North Potomac.
Trees blew down at the intersection of Southlawn Lane and Avery Road.
Quarter size hail was reported along Coon Club Road.
Trained weather spotters reported significant tree damage along MD-482 Hampstead-Mexico Road with multiple wires down near the intersection of Brilhart Mill Road.
Numerous trees blew down along Dave Rill Road between Gross Mill Road and Upper Beckleysville Road.
Numerous trees blew down in the 1900 block of Fairmount Road.
Several large tree limbs blew down on Dave Rill Road and on a property along the roadway.
The Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department Ambient Weather Station measured a wind gust of 54 knots (62 MPH).
Quarter size hail was reported on Highfield Drive in Hampstead.
There were nearly two dozen reports of trees blown down in and around Bethesda.
Tree limbs blew down at the intersection of Garland Avenue and Prospect Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2024
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1187201, 1187202, 1187203, 1187204, 1187205, 1187206, 1187207, 1187208, 1187210, 1187211, 1187212, 1187213.