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***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: Weather Bug ()
Date: May 08, 2013 04:16PM

Special Weather Statement
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=VAZ053&warncounty=VAC600&firewxzone=VAZ053&local_place1=Fairfax+VA&product1=Special+Weather+Statement

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
358 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2013

VAZ042-052>054-501-502-082030-
NORTHERN FAUQUIER VA-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER VA-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA-LOUDOUN VA-FAIRFAX VA-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-
358 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ARLINGTON...NORTHERN FAUQUIER...
SOUTHERN FAUQUIER...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...LOUDOUN
AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES...

AT 358 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM AUBURN TO INDEPENDENT HILL TO MASON NECK...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GREENWICH...FORT BELVOIR...NEW
BALTIMORE...NEWINGTON...WEST SPRINGFIELD...GAINESVILLE...FRANCONIA...
BROAD RUN...WEST SPRINGFIELD AND MANASSAS PARK.

HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE
MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

PENNY-SIZE TO NICKEL-SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 7746 3891 7711 3867 7713 3866 7714
3865 7713 3863 7713 3862 7721 3863 7722
3862 7723 3859 7743 3865 7777 3896 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 176DEG 16KT 3873 7769 3867 7744
3869 7717

$$

BAJ

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Re: ***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: Stabitha ()
Date: May 08, 2013 04:18PM

BFD

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Re: ***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: Breaking News Weather Report ()
Date: May 08, 2013 05:00PM

They are also forecasting darkness for tonight.

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Re: ***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: 7PPFy ()
Date: May 08, 2013 07:28PM

Breaking News Weather Report Wrote:
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> They are also forecasting darkness for tonight.

And I bet, even as they are doing now in the driving rain, the people on the road will drive with no lights on.

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Re: ***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: Haley Storms ()
Date: May 08, 2013 07:58PM

Yeah, that was crazy. I was out back and it started clouding up and then it started Hailing before it even started raining.

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Re: ***Weather Alert / Statement from National Weather Service
Posted by: Thundergod ()
Date: May 09, 2013 06:42AM

In Herndon, our power got knocked out and the emergency back-ups kicked in around 4:30 yesterday.

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