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NWS seeks help verifying tornado

The storms that swept the region on July 4 produced several unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds or a tornado touching down in the region. The National Weather Services is asking for the public's help in finding storm damage that might indicate a true touchdown. Here's their appeal:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING
WHETHER TORNADOES OCCURRED FROM SEVERE STORMS THAT AFFECTED THE
REGION ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.

A SURVEY TEAM IS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY LOOKING FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT
MAY HAVE OCCURRED FROM A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT SHOWED STRONG
INDICATIONS OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING IN
THE DAMASCUS...LAYTONSVILLE AND GOSHEN AREAS. IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED
ANY STORM RELATED DAMAGE SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR ANY STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE WE ASK THAT YOU CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON FORECAST OFFICE AT 703.260.0107.

IN ADDITION...WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR ANY REPORTS OF WIND
DAMAGE...AGAIN DOWNED TREES OR ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
WIND IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY AND PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN FAIRFAX
COUNTY. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF YOU HAVE
SEEN ANY STORM RELATED DAMAGE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EMERGENCY SERVICES
OFFICIALS AND OUR SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS FOR
ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AND SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.

Posted by Frank Roylance on July 6, 2007 10:54 AM |
                    

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About Frank Roylance
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
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