[STORMREPORTS] nw VA: Record warmth, & heavy rain precede January reality check
Winchester VA
In the past two weeks we had enjoyed one of the warmest January
Several warm temperatures were broken in the first 2 weeks. (The ones
The Arctic cold front moved thru the region Friday morning. It was
The NWS offices serving VA each issued 3 tornado warnings, mostly in the
The Baltimore/Washington NWS office had issued a flash flood watch from
Flash flood warnings were issued for the Washington suburbs between 5
In the Richmond area, one F-1 tornado with a 6 mile path of mostly tree
In Danville, an apartment building lost it's roof from straight line
By 11pm Friday, it fell below freezing for on the 2nd time this month.
Tuesday, warmth
Wednesday, warmth
Thursday, warmth
In northern VA...
In and near Frederick County MD, 8 stations had over 2" of rain,
In that region, 2 stations had extraordinary peak rain rates at about
A small album (less than a dozen video stills)
I found these 2 links talking about the South Asia earthquake & tsunami
How the Earthquake affected Earth
NOAA SCIENTISTS ABLE TO MEASURE TSUNAMI HEIGHT FROM SPACE
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Steve Minghini
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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Sat Jan 15 2005 - 23:14:46 EST
stretches in recent memory. My mean temperature averaged 46.1º, or
16º above normal, from Jan 1 to 14. The reading would have normal here
about April 1st. It's also the normal Jan temperature Jackson MS. It was
only below freezing one night in the new year.
from the previous week are below.) I had a high of 68º on Thursday.
WINC radio had a 70º. Although WINC keeps the "official" NWS data for
my area, they only keep monthly extremes. The record locally for
Thursday was 68 in 1972.
accompanied by about 1" of rain locally. I measured .98". East of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, 2 to 3" were common.
overnight hours Thur night & early Friday morning. Several severe
thunderstorm & flash flood warnings were also issued.
4pm Thursday until 1pm Friday. But at 4am Friday, it was dropped. To me,
it was a surprise, since the back edge of was still in WV, and there
were moderate pockets embedded.
and 7am, which ended later in the morning. There were several water
rescues and many flooded roads.
A few river stages on the Potomac basin reached bankful, although many
only got to half to 3/4 full. Minor flooding was occuring on the James
River basin Saturday. (For more details, click on the messages of the
3rd column at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/marfc/Forecasts/AKQ_index.html )
damage was confirmed.
winds.
The dew point fell from 60 at midnight to 20 in the evening!
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Broken & Tied Records (Previous in parenthesis)
Blacksburg 59 (57 in 1963)
Bluefield 60 (59 1995)
Blacksburg 67 (60, 1963)
Roanoke 71 (63, 1963)
Bluefield 68 (63, 1995)
Bluefield 55 (warm low) (44, 1995)
Richmond 71 (70, 1907)
Dulles Apt. 69 (68, 1995)
Martinsburg WV 69 (66, 1995)
Salisbury MD 73 (72, 1932)
Bluefield 67 (66, 1972)
Blacksburg 64 (tie from 1964)
Roanoke 70, (tie from 1960)
Elizabeth City NC 75 (70, 1963)
Richmond 75 (73 in 1932)
Friday, daily rainfall
Richmond 1.89" (1.40", 1930)
Lynchburg 2.03" (1.34", 1921)
Danville 1.61" (1.43", 1948)
Reagan National, Washington DC, 1.82" (1.28", 1921")
Washington Dulles, 1.79" (1.10", 1968)
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In the Shenandoah Valley most rain amounts were 1" or less. In the 25
AWS Weatherbug stations closest to home I found these that stood out:
S. Jefferson ES, Charles Town WV, 1.27"
Rosemont ES, Martinsburg WV, 1.09"
Harpers Ferry (WV) MS, 2.08"
Liberty HS, Warrenton, 2.32"
Centreville ES, 1.99"
Chantilly HS, 2.07"
Robinson ES, Fairfax, 2.05
Thurgood ES, Manassas, 4.64"
Bennett ES, Manassas, 2.10"
Fiesta Valley Christian School, Marshal, 2.38"
including:
Rocky Hill MS, Clarksburg, 2.43"
Spring Ridge ES, Frederick, 2.50"
The Banner School, Frederick, 2.59"
Carroll Manor MS, Clarksburg, 3.61"
2am Friday:
Spring Ridge ES, 3.64" (per hour)
Ballenger Creek ES, Frederick, 5.80"
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News Stories & Video Links from Washington DC, Richmond & Danville
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43377
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Local Storm Reports
Wakefield http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43362
Blacksburg http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43363
Baltimore/Washington
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43367
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Rainfall Amount/Totals from the Baltimore/Washington CWA (some are
incomplete; are from co-op, skywarn & I-FLOWS)
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43366
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Just how unusual is the January warmth? Check this out in regards to
National & BWI airports in the Washington region.
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43379
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Temperatures in the mid Atlantic
at 3pm Wed http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43378
at 3pm Thur http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43380
Rain & high/low temperatures 24 hours ending 8am Friday for Baltimore
Washington CWA
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43365
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last month. The first story is about how the North Pole has shifted, and
that Earth's rotation is likely a few millionths of a second a day
shorter. The second story talks about the detection of tsunamis from
satellites. And scroll down to near the bottom it talks about the waves,
in time, reached _ALL_ of the Earth's ocean coastlines, however small.
There is an animation available, but since it's a 4 day loop, I would
recommend only broadband users try to load it.
The Dec. 26th Indonesian megathrust earthquake quickened Earth's
rotation and changed our planet's shape.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/10jan_earthquake.htm?list801907
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2365.htm
Although we are now cold, we still have no snow storms in the forecast.
We have clippers due with threat of flurries or a few snow showers late
Sunday and again Wednesday. So far this winter, only 1 day with even
flurries. We are LONG overdue for the first snowfall of the season.
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