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Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Boomy ()
Date: June 24, 2010 11:02AM

So everybody is predicting strong thunderstorms this afternoon but there are none on the map anywhere?

Have the weathermen been smoking crack?

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: steve k2 ()
Date: June 24, 2010 11:10AM

1. We don't even have a thunderstorm watch up yet, usualy if there is a strong indication of severe storms they'll put it up very early. With today's weather though storms are a safe bet.

2. Basic weather fact, hotter the temperature, with open sky helps storms form. They don't have to be on the radar as they build themselves up. That would be why we don't have thunderstorms in the morning nearly as much as in the afternoon and evening hours because they must build.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: General Lee ()
Date: June 24, 2010 12:37PM

Boomy Wrote:
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> So everybody is predicting strong thunderstorms
> this afternoon but there are none on the map
> anywhere?
>
> Have the weathermen been smoking crack?

Were you just born yesterday? The storms haven't developed yet. It's the same way every damn day in the summer.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: June 24, 2010 03:51PM

I see a ton of thunderstorms now on radar and a severe thunderstorm watch.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

ARLINGTON CULPEPER FAIRFAX FAUQUIER LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM STAFFORD

IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

CLARKE FREDERICK MADISON PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK SHENANDOAH WARREN

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Qwest ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:11PM

There are some big boomers coming through. No escaping.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: it's... ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:21PM

it's raining in Reston....Hallelujah!

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: boredom ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:29PM

Shit man. Someone upended an ocean.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2010 02:30PM by boredom.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: robonscanner1 ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:30PM

Northern region Wx| Thunder Storm Warning| NOAA| Fairfax Loudoun Prince William|Per NWS, storm capable of 60 MPH wind near Haymarket mov E 25 MPH to Dulles, Reston, Oakton| VIR020| 14:26

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Qwest ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:30PM

Did the Sun burn out?

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:45PM

Look out your window. It's getting nasty in Arlington.

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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Johnny Walker ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:47PM

Yeah it's ominous outside in Arlington right now. Pretty cool looking. Nice low rumbles of thunder. Man I love a good storm.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:48PM

Boomy Wrote:
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> So everybody is predicting strong thunderstorms
> this afternoon but there are none on the map
> anywhere?
>
> Have the weathermen been smoking crack?

Have you? Looks like thunderstorms out there. Usually they develop in the afternoon - not at 11am.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Warhawk ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:48PM

Thank goodness. One less day I have to water my garden. It won't do much for my brown, brittle grass, but oh well.

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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:50PM

The power just flickered here in Ballston, but no rain (yet). The sky to the north looks malevolent.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:51PM

It's so dark, some of the lights along sidewalks are kicking on.

KRACK-A-THOOOOOM!!!

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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: June 28, 2010 02:56PM

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> It's so dark, some of the lights along sidewalks
> are kicking on.


Same here. All of Wilson Blvd. is lit up. Not much thunder though.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: stormchaser ()
Date: June 28, 2010 03:30PM

Damn those were some SERIOUS wind gusts for a couple minutes. Upended all of the fully loaded trash cans on my street.

Beautiful again now.
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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: fooliohootz ()
Date: June 28, 2010 03:33PM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The power just flickered here in Ballston, but no
> rain (yet). The sky to the north looks
> malevolent.

agreed!

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: stormchaser ()
Date: June 28, 2010 03:33PM

Don't mind me, just storing these radar images here for my own personal reference, since I know this site never removes anything.
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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: Yahweh ()
Date: June 28, 2010 05:21PM

a house off Braddock Road near Shirley Gate got cut in half by a tree (around 2:30pm) Traffic was backed up for a bit, fire trucks, etc. Looked bad. I hope everyone was ok.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: wtfno ()
Date: June 28, 2010 05:58PM

Argh.... lame storm.



Come on, give me something good.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: June 28, 2010 06:50PM

Yahweh Wrote:
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> a house off Braddock Road near Shirley Gate got
> cut in half by a tree (around 2:30pm) Traffic was
> backed up for a bit, fire trucks, etc. Looked
> bad. I hope everyone was ok.


Quick way to turn your home into a duplex.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: June 28, 2010 08:28PM

Yahweh Wrote:
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> a house off Braddock Road near Shirley Gate got
> cut in half by a tree (around 2:30pm) Traffic was
> backed up for a bit, fire trucks, etc. Looked
> bad. I hope everyone was ok.


I saw that, I felt horrible for whoever lives there and I hope no one was in that room. The tree went completely through the roof and looked to be resting on what used to be the floor of that level.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: photographer ()
Date: June 29, 2010 02:45AM

Saw the house on Braddock today too, managed to take a quick picture out my car window. Real scary, I'll be calling a tree service for my house soon.
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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: peluche ()
Date: June 29, 2010 05:56AM

Fucking ugly house. The tree makes it look better.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: chickenlady ()
Date: June 29, 2010 03:26PM

Same thing happened to my folks' house during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, only the tree fell from the back towards the front. It sucked.

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Re: Thunderstorms Today? O'RLY?
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: June 29, 2010 03:32PM

Isabel was 2003...

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