Winchester VA
Wed 3-21
The nor'easter brought about 2" of rain near town, with radar indicated
amounts of 4" in some mountainous sections. My wet wx stream in the
backyard ran very high, up to 4' wide in places. A large part of of the
backyard was underwater.
When i got home for work, the 1st road closure was announced on the fire
radio. About 6pm, the list grew to 6. Again i relayed the info to the
NWS. Within 15 minutes, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Warning, until 9pm
for my county.
About 9pm, near the expiration time of the 1st warning, 3 more roads
were announced as closed. Within 15 minutes of my call, the FFW was
extended until 3am Thur,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA_StormNet/message/11647
And from early in the am, here are VA snow totals.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA_StormNet/message/11655
Wed low was 37.8º (6:14am), the high 43.1º (2:07pm). PWG of 28mph
was at 8:21am Low windchill of 11, at 6:46am. Daily rainfall record, of
1.32". A FFW was in affect from 6pm Wed to 3am Thur.
Images from the storm, both from backyard flooding & from tv images are
at my latest album:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=817111&a=12233323&f=0
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Thur 3-22
Drizzle added another .01" to storm total, bringing it to 1.49". That
is 3 weeks worth of rain (in 24 hours).
It was cloudy to midday, then partly sunny in the afternoon. It was
clear after dark.
http://attach2.casi-internal/group/weatherpics/attach/429973/1366/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/Image=JPEG/snapshot.jpg
The low was 38.9º (7:24am), the high 50.8º (at 5:01pm). Low
windchill was 18 at 5;50am. PWG was 29mph, at 11:18pm.
At the airport, sustained winds averaged in the 15-20mph, were at 25mph
several times. A peak sustained wind of 30mph, & wind gust of 39mph were
also recorded.
Front Royal's Randolph Macon Academy reported a PWG of 55mph Thur via a
AWS fed to WJLA in Washington DC.
The Shenadoah River crested about 8pm Thur in Front Royal VA just below
9 feet, or 3/4 bankful. The NWS issued a statement reminding boaters
that rivers will be unsafe for recreational activities in many areas of
the region this weekend. Several other stations were forecasted to
crest between 3/4 to near bankful before Sat am.
Steve Minghini
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