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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Wed Nov 05 2003 - 18:30:15 EST
An apparent tornado touched down in the Germantown section of Montgomery
Co MD, about 15 miles NW of Washington DC. TV stations from Washington &
Baltimore were broadcasting live radar shots, tower cams, & DOT cameras
when I got home about 3:30pm.
Although video was slow coming in, reporters & other eyewitnesses phoned
in reports of damage to about a dozen townhomes in one
neighborhood.
Once the video was on tv, buildings with torn roofs & siding and windows
blown out were shown. Damage seemed like F0 to perhaps a F1 tornado.
No official confirmation had been made as of 6:30pm tonight, but read
how the excerpted AFD describes today's damage.
I missed much of the storm, as i was just getting off work (2pm) when
the struck Winchester (nw VA). As I was going outside, it was raining
moderately & lightning. After I was outside a few moments, I realized it
was more than a routine thundershower. The lightning, much of it within
the clouds, was frequent, 1-2 strikes per minute. It quickly moved ENE
toward Loudoun Co VA, reaching Montgomery Co MD about 3:15pm, and the
reaching Howard Co MD area, south of Baltimore about 3:45pm.
I might do a full report Thursday on today's storm, the recent heat, &
the foliage. (The foliage is now on the ground thanks to winds gusting
to 25mph during today's storm.)
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0322 PM DARNESTOWN MD TORNADO
11/05/03 MONTGOMERY LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTTED
TORNADO NEAR DARNESTOWN.
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Vidcap of thunderstorm approaching Baltimore
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4003288&a=30417851&p=65560258&f=0
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>From the Baltimore/Washington 4pm AFD:
HIGH WINDS THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED ACROSS LOUDOUN/FAUQUIER CO
REACHED THE REMNANTS OF THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT OVER N MONT CO...IT
CAUSED SOME SPIN AND A TORNADO. THIS LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST THROUGH
AREAS OF CWA LOCATED SOUTH OF THIS BDRY.
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Washington Post
Severe Weather Moves Through Central Maryland
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4437-2003Nov5.html
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WRC tv, Washington DC
Tornado Reported In Montgomery County
Floods Now Threaten Areas
http://www.nbc4.com/weather/2614272/detail.html
Steve Minghini
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