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This is a shot I took from Rosslyn on Saturday right around 2:00pm before the severe thunderstorm came through the District. It was a nice shelf cloud that came in right before very heavy rains (over an inch in 25 minutes) and very gusty winds (but not the severe winds I was expecting. It also came through with a ton of lightning. About 4 minutes after this I went inside for the remainder of the storm.
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This picture was sent in from a viewer in Dunkirk by the name of Dawn Hadden. She thought that it may have been a microburst as she said it was a 30 second prolonged wind gust. That may have been the case, but I would have to see other areas around her house as well to see if there was a spreading pattern amongst the fallen trees. A shot from the air would be nice as well, maybe I'll tell the guys downstairs at the assignment desk to get News Chopper 7 there pronto! I assume this would be more from straight-line wind damage as the setup was much better for straight-lined winds than microbursts. There was a 78 knot (90 mph) wind gust reported at Chesapeake Beach right after this so I would imagine that would be from the same storm.
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Finally, this was typical of the hail that fell around here. This was sent in by Angela Ruckman from King George, VA. The largest hail I saw reported was an inch and a quarter. Other than that, it was mainly pea sized. Keep sending in pictures, weather it be severe weather pictures or nice weather pictures, cool looking clouds, nice sunsets, whatever!
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