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Walleye

(45,417 posts) Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:14 PM Aug 2024

Heads up! Tornado warning in Newcastle county Delaware. Looks pretty nasty.

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Heads up! Tornado warning in Newcastle county Delaware. Looks pretty nasty. (Original Post) Walleye Aug 2024 OP

Tornado watch just expired in DC bottomofthehill Aug 2024 #1

Yeah, we never used to get tornadoes here. It's still a warning. My neighborhood is just on the edge of the warning area Walleye Aug 2024 #2

Wilmington just made Fox Weather. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #3

They just lifted the warning here, but the storm is moving more slowly than they expected Walleye Aug 2024 #4

Weather for Washington National Airport: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #5

bottomofthehill

(9,423 posts)

1. Tornado watch just expired in DC

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:23 PM

Aug 2024

Watch not warning but…keep reminding ourselves, Climate Change is a hoax

Walleye

(45,417 posts)

2. Yeah, we never used to get tornadoes here. It's still a warning. My neighborhood is just on the edge of the warning area

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:26 PM

Aug 2024

I’ve heard thunder we haven’t had much wind here or rain yet. It’s been raining all day so everything’s pretty soggy, the trees could go over with the right amount of wind. Tornado warning just expired thank goodness.

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,718 posts)

3. Wilmington just made Fox Weather.

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:36 PM

Aug 2024

I plugged in ZIP 19850.

https://www.tvtv.us/de/wilmington/19850/luUSA-OTA19850

Walleye

(45,417 posts)

4. They just lifted the warning here, but the storm is moving more slowly than they expected

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:38 PM

Aug 2024

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,718 posts)

5. Weather for Washington National Airport:

Reply to Walleye (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:49 PM

Aug 2024

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.897665087992735&lon=-77.0365505479276

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd

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