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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
323 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
...STORM SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY MD...
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 16TH, A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY MARYLAND, NEAR DARGAN, MD. A STORM SURVEY WAS
CONDUCTED TO INSPECT THE STORM WIND DAMAGE THERE. DAMAGE WAS NOTED
ALONG THE 1800 BLOCK OF BACK ROAD, AS WELL AS ALONG HOFFMASTER
ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARPERS FERRY ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE DOWNED FROM A WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND GUST THAT WAS MEASURED
88MPH BY A HOME WEATHER STATION IN THE AFFECTED AREA. IN THE 1800
BLOCK OF BACK ROAD A LARGE TREE FELL INTO A HOME. THE WIND TURNED
TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AS IT MOVED UP THE SHARP CANYON WITH BACK
ROAD AS THE ROAD TURNS TO THE NORTH INTO THE STREAM VALLEY THERE.
ALONG HOFFMASTER ROAD A LARGE METAL BARN HAD ITS WEST-SOUTHWEST
FACING DOORS BLOWN IN SOMEWHAT BY THE WIND. ALSO, A CARPORT HAD
PART OF ITS TIN ROOF TORN OFF FROM ONE HOME, AND A SMALL SUNROOM
OF ANOTHER CINDERBLOCK STRUCTURE WAS UNROOFED. THE RADAR
INFORMATION WAS INCONCLUSIVE. GIVEN THE LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL
DAMAGE, THIS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE WITH A
75 YARD SWATH OF DAMAGE, AND PEAK WINDS OF 88 MPH (AS MEASURED BY
A HOME WEATHER STATION ON SITE). THIS EVENT OCCURRED AT 2:42PM
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEB 16TH, 2015. THANKS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY'S
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
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