CommuteCast: Severe Weather Moving Through

TORNADO WARNING FOR...CENTRAL LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA..* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

Yup, that's the third tornado warning from this system.

Yep, heading right for the LoCo bootheel. I have my wife and baby waiting in the lower level of the townhouse. I feel helpless here in DC. That first gust of wind is only ten minutes out it appears...

Man, the lower leg of this storm really seems to be intensifying as it heads into PW County. This is looking uuuuugly.

Storm just hit SE corner of Loudoun out of nowhere. Very very windy with decent rain and lots of lightning. Some of the strongest winds I can remember seeing here.

59 MPH gust at IAD

One 5ft tree struck down on Loudoun County Pkwy...dark skies

check out the traffic cam in off of rt 28. looks pretty wild

Link to the Rt 28 traffic cam?

sorry here is the link

http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/

It's nasty out here in Ashburn.

dude. this is NOT good for the ride home from dc to va.

TORNADO IN RESTON

Find a bar, have a drink, and wait for it to end :D

nighttime in Falls church.

I have to say that the lighting strike map is the coolest thing. How many black boxes can you fit on one map?

Go pens.

doug

Skies are getting really dark and we hear the thunder in Rockville.

DARK clouds moving fast through Ballston...no rain

Impressive squall-line wind right at what appeared to be the front of the Bow echo TS line. The tents and carnival rides at the Fairfax Government Center seemed to take a bit of a beating.

It was pretty wild here in Fair Lakes - very windy and LOTS of lightning. Now it's dark and rainy, with some lightning still in the area.

Let's Go Pens!

The proverbial "calm before the storm" here in Sykesville. Audible Thunder , no precip, coming from the NW.

Mclean High School on a lockdown of sorts... nobody allowed to leave. Everyone in hall; power flickering.

Sideways rain in Bethesda a few minutes ago. Very dark. Buildings 1/10 mile away invisible.

Weather just went from clean to miserable in Alexandria. Loud thunder and heavy winds announced the arrival of the storm. Stay safe out there.

Is that tornado claim a joke?

dark, dark, dark in DC

The weather outside my office in Reston 10-15 minutes ago was the worst weather I've seen in 15 years in the D.C. area. Straight-line wind like I've never seen before.

Some serious winds, constant thunder, and a bunch of lightning strikes. No tornado sighting here.

Extremely heavy rain, lots of wind, dark black skies in downtown DC. Hopefully this will pass through quickly.

Downtown is DARK and it's raining like mad.

Holy expletive deleted!!! Unless you are in central Mont Co right now, you wouldn't believe what we are witnesing if we tried to describe it to you. The thunder/lightning is so rampent it literally sounds like a Giant running towards your house flickering a flashlight as trees are just bending in half and the rain swirls. Most amazing thing I've ever witnessed in my life. How I didn't lose power is beyond me. Now all you hear is the sirens of fire trucks.

anybody get any hail

A huge old oak tree just fell on a car right outside my office in Dupont. Took a power line with it.

About as dark and short term hurricane like conditions as I have seen for a long time here in Merrifield. Good news was it has passed quickly.

Not looking forward to the crawl back home to MD though!

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...WEST CENTRAL ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

rain is pounding down in capitol hill...

Just watched the storm roll into downtown on M Street NW... eerily green skies, got quiet, and then all of a sudden the skies opened up. Crazy.

pouring rain/thunder/lightning near union station

We had it 30 mins ago, the wind was so strong I couldn't tell if there was hail or not. Stay away from your windows. I have seen a sky that color green in a long time.

rallycap, if you don't mind... where is the tree down? I'm nearby with camera. ;)

Anyone know if Rock Creek Parkway is closed?

power's out in petworth

Alley on the north side of Church St, between 17th and 18th.

Mark I saw the same thing on 18th and Pennsylvania - pretty cool! I definitely noticed the greenish hue. Made sure I got outside to watch the gust front come through.

Not sure, I don't see any out front, but it could be down between Waxpool and Redskins Park.

I don't know if Rock Creek Parkway is closed (can you listen to WTOP 103.5 FM?) but I sure wouldn't drive there for a while.

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Hail in Falls Church about 10 mins ago.

up on the 20th floor in rosslyn... i see blue skies on the horizon

Annandale. I tend to love bad weather when I'm safe inside, but this thing is trying to break into my house. :) Kitty moved at 3:13 from a window seat to an inner hallway floor.

I watched the crane in front of Reagan Airpot spin around 180 degrees due to the wind.... I am no more than 500 yards from the control tower and it became invisible instantly. Absolutely incredible.

No hail here (20th and M NW). Worst of it looks to have moved through, still dark skies but the rain's slowed considerably.

Where is the lightning map???

hey jen how big was the hail

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR UPPER MARLBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 62 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRACYS LANDING...
LOTHIAN...
WEST RIVER...
HARWOOD...
GALESVILLE...

Tornado was confirmed on the ground in Falls Church along Rt. 236.

power out in Del Ray/Rosemont of Alexandria....

I haven't heard of any trees down on Rock Creek Pkwy, listening to WTOP. There are trees down on 267 at the ramp at 123, and from 123 to the outer loop of 495.

Here in Reston, hails the size of tennis balls are falling as well as couple of trees...oops there goes my trash can

The hail was relatively small, but big enough that I could see it through the window. I would say about half the size of the m & m's I am eating.

Dulles ARC, confirmed by whom?

"Tornado was confirmed on the ground in Falls Church along Rt. 236"

This isn't possible, 236 DOES NOT RUN THROUGH FALLS CHURCH

WTOP just confirmed Dulles ARC's tornado on Annandale Rd in West Arlington/Falls Church area.

It was so still in downtown DC and saw the green sky for a minute as well, right before the storm hit. The only other time I remember the sky getting like that, and the wind being like it was today, was in '99 during a derecho we had in Syracuse, NY. Wonder if that is the case here?

It was Annandale. Confirmed on WTOP by Adam Caskey.

Dulles ARC: where along 236? I didn't think 236 went thru falls church - fairfax and annandale yes, but falls church?

Annandale - not Falls Church...a trained spotter per the NWS. Doug Hill has been talking it up as well...right on Annandale Rd.

Typical weather guys, getting the facts wrong. 236 runs from Fairfax over the Beltway into Annandale out to Alexandria. It DOES NOT touch Falls Church. Annandale Road does, yes, but that's not 236. 236 is Little River Turnpike. Grew up here and have gone through many of these before.

Tornado Warning for Arlington County as of 3:44pm.

I need more info. Was it 236 in Annandale or Annandale Road in Falls Church? I live off Annandale Road in Falls Church but I'm sitting in an office in NYC hoping that there wasn't really a tornado at all. I hope our cats are in the basement.

Im curious about the Waterford area near Leesburg - anyone hear anything? Gusts in the area were all about 60-70 MPH...

Wind gust to 66 mph recorded at Andrews Air Force Base, 59 mph at National.

"Unless you are in central Mont Co right now, you wouldn't believe what we are witnesing if we tried to describe it to you."

I'm in southern Montgomery County where it was less intense. I'll believe anything you tell me about what you witnessed!

I am in Falls Church at Washington Blvd. and Annandale Rd. in a building with floor to ceiling glass windows and although there is a nasty storm, there certainly hasn't been a tornado here.

Anybody know whats going on in Loudoun County? Leesburg?

Buy milk and TP buy milk and TP

Any info of damage in Chantilly/South Riding area of Loudoun County?

Falls Churcher in NYC, I just saw your cats fly by my window!

It's settling down out here in Loudoun, Lori. It wouldn't shock me if there weren't some trees down in and around the Leesburg/Ashburn area.

Some pics just before the straight-lines hit... http://flickr.com/photos/josephdangelo/sets/72157605432173774/

I am in an office building in Chantilly-- when the storm hit here our super heavy duty windows were bowing inward and outward. I've NEVER seen anything like that, even during other tornado warnings for the area. I couldn't see a single thing outside the window. Nothing. Just a deep dirty gray color. When it got light enough you could see the trees right outside the building whipping around like rag dolls.

Washington Blvd and Annandale Road don't meet either.

For all the parents out there, incase you haven't heard, the schools held the kids inside while the storms came through the area (Loudoun County). They started letting the elementary school kids out about 40 mins ago so expect all the kids to be late getting off the bus.

I think the poster meant South Washington St. and Annandale Rd.

Orange line terminates at East Falls Church due to power outages...

Just had what looked like the highest winds I've ever seen here in Columbia. Could barely see across the parking lot and the lightposts were swaying back and forth.

Sorry, I meant Washington St., meaning route 29

They just released McLean HS students to go home.

I was a block from the Silver Spring Metro when it hit there. I was soaked to the skin by the time I had gone half a block. The lights at Wayne Avenue went out just before I had to cross. The rain was so heavy it hurt when the drops hit. You couldn't look up to see where you were going.

Home and drying out now with the weather radio going.

It took down a 30+ ft tree (rare in Loudoun County) in backyard and broke fences.

Commute advice. . . so I am in Falls Church at Annandale and Washington St., and I have a 7:30 appt. in Fairfax City, and I live in Ballston. . . would y'all cancel the appt in Fairfax City? I would be taking route 50 there and home.

Anyone know if there are lights and or trees down in Herndon/Sterling? Trying to plan my drive home. Just heard one is down at 7 and Baron Cameron.

It got really ugly here on First St. by Union Station (near CNN) -- I was waiting for one of the cranes across the way to get blown.

It also appears that the sun is coming out on the other side of DC (I don't have windows facing that way) because the building across the tracks seems to have a reflection -- anyone in the west see daylight?

Sounds like lots of trees down in Sterling Park with some damage to structures.

Power is out at some Route 7 intersections through Sterling.

The border fence (white picket) in my parents neighborhood in Lorton is missing, presumed blown away. Those are some of the strongest straight line winds I've seen in years. Power flickered here at work in McLean, and parent's power is currently out in Lorton.

I love thunderstorms.

I'm in Bethesda, and I think that was the most severe storm I've seen in the area for the past 10 years.

Ashburn, yes, there is a tree down at Rte. 7 and Baron Cameron. Someone I work with was there when it fell, called us to tell us not to take 7.

Another tornado touchdown report in Huntington (Fairfax Co.) - via NWS storm report.

http://www.weather.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=LSR&node=KLWX

Also wanted to add that Howard County Hosp was on lockdown as well -- coworker's wife was visiting someone and they had guards at the doors not allowing anyone to leave.

Clouds breaking up around the Potomac river. Pretty intense storm here.

Are we through with the wild weather, or is there more stacked up behind this line?

Skies are definitely brightening up here in Centreville. Reports of cars that got nailed by trees on the other side of my neighborhood.

Looks like storm is passing...dark clouds have passed at 19th and K

I think the person who said he/she was at Washington Blvd and Annandale Rd meant Washington Street (which is the same as Lee Hwy/Rt 29 in Arlington and Fairfax Cty)in Falls Church. I haven't seen a confirmaton anywhere else (yet anyway) of a tornado in that immediate area.

Also a tornado touchdown report in Huntingtown, MD. With the similar spellings between Huntington and Huntingtown, one of those reports could be an error.

Seems to be lots of power out in NoVa:
http://www.dom.com/news/outage_map.jsp

Does anyone have more information about outages in Alexandria?

It's the end of the world!

Seriously, in downtown D.C. we got some lighting and bursts of heavy rain.

That's it.

OMG IT IS RAINING

Had a shelter in place emergency here in my building.

"The National Weather Service in Sterling, VA, was tracking a funnel cloud that was sighted traveling in an easterly direction from Herndon, VA, to Reston, VA, and on a path towards the District."

I have no windows in my office, so I had no idea of anything until the sirens started to sound.

You were lucky then CRD. This was a nasty storm.

I THINK IT IS TRUE THAT HILLARY CLINTON CONTROLS THE WEATHER AND SHE IS REALLY REALLY MAD

Haven't had power for over an hour (236 west of Old Columbia Pike) in Annandale. Sending this from iPhone. Haven't gone out yet to see how widespread.

Girlfriend just got home from work and reported power outages in Springfield, VA

According to Dominion website over 30% of customers have lost power in NOVA.

@ DD: We initially had some power flickers here in Kingstowne... no loss of power.

Are the storms done for this evening? I have an outdoor game tonight at 8pm. Thoughts?

I saw the funnel cloud in Reston. Wild stuff!

WTOP is now reporting additional showers and storms developing eastward from West Virginia, no indication of severity or whether they'll make it into this region tonight.

The Post might want to start checking on power -- Dominion is telling callers it could be several days.

Hearing there are some more storms in WV. Doubt they are as bad as what we just went through. Your game might get delayed.

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Supposedly building flattened at Hilltop Rd and Prosperity Blvd in Merrifield, VA. According to eyewitness and reported directly to me.

Another storm system is expected in a couple of hours.

I doubt you'll have your outdoor game. The storms may stop, but the damage to the fields has been done. I wouldn't be surprised if they cancel all indoor activities as well just to keep everyone off the streets.

VIRGINIA IS UNDER WATER MARYLAND IS IN RUINS DC IS PRETTY MUCH AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN I AM HEADING FOR THE HILLS

Nice to see trolls aren't selective as to what blogs they post on.

Stop being such a blog Nazi WDC 21113 or I will drill holes in your head

A person was killed in Annandale when the tornado came thought there because some wires fell on the car.

Lost power after front went through. Generac emergency generator keeps me online. BGE customers out currently 105K, mainly AA county.

Hey Sasquatch, I know you didn't originally post it, but see Tom's post at 4:17. You don't suppose that was Bob and Tim's place, do you? Or Pete's place?

Godwin's Law reaches CWG . . . I always thought it would be in a post about snow...

Hey NYC in DC - Funny, your house just flew by my house and I'm in Tennessee...

If you mention extortion again I'll have you're legs broken

What was with the radar map during the Tornado Warning at 3:30? I couldn't get the close-up (when you enter the zip) to work at all, never would load. only got the regional which was not so helpful.