Severe thunderstorms possible this evening – Friday, June 1

[Certifried]

Tornado watches are coming out now too

TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER … THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH … AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE

[jabberwocky]

My ride home is going to be awesome. I hope its not like last september, where every route out of great falls was submerged.

[DaveK]

Here we go! Tornado warnings popping up left and right. Reminds me of back home in FL during hurricane season.

[consularrider]

Looks dangerous in northern Montgomery County right now.

[KelOnWheels]

Whee! I think I’ll rent a CaBi and ride home! If there’s a really good tailwind I can just sail right over the river.

[Certifried]

kelonwheels;21117 wrote:

whee! I think i’ll rent a cabi and ride home! If there’s a really good tailwind i can just sail right out of kansas with toto in my basket.

ftfy

[consularrider]

@KelOnWheels 21117 wrote:

Whee! I think I’ll rent a CaBi and ride home! If there’s a really good tailwind I can just sail right over the river.

Looks like a quartering headwind at the moment heading southwest over the bridges, and the gusts might get strong enough to push you sideways! Oh wait, you said a CaBi, that should anchor you fairly well.

[MCL1981]

It appears the Curtis and WOD are being blown off the map at this time.

[slowtriguy]

@MCL1981 21120 wrote:

It appears the Curtis and WOD are being blown off the map at this time.

I rode the Custis and W&OD from Fairfax to Great Falls between about 2:30 and 3:00 PM, and it was rainy but fine until about 0.5 miles east of the new bridge near East Falls Church. From there until Washington, the rain became a pretty heavy soaking. Great fun singing “row, row, row your bike”.

And then about 3:20 PM the skies here in Falls Church opened up straight into “where’s my raft again?” mode, which ended after another 15 minutes.

The creeks are high along the trail, but I did not see flooding — it was early, though.

[pfunkallstar]

Weather Underground is showing a pretty solid break in things out west over the next half hour or so – not sure about the big splotch south of town though.

[KelOnWheels]

My dog does, in fact, resemble Toto.

[KLizotte]

@slowtriguy 21122 wrote:

I rode the Custis and W&OD from Fairfax to Great Falls between about 2:30 and 3:00 PM, and it was rainy but fine until about 0.5 miles east of the new bridge near East Falls Church. From there until Washington, the rain became a pretty heavy soaking. Great fun singing “row, row, row your bike”.

And then about 3:20 PM the skies here in Falls Church opened up straight into “where’s my raft again?” mode, which ended after another 15 minutes.

The creeks are high along the trail, but I did not see flooding — it was early, though.

Well, you are a “tri” guy so you know how to swim and have the right clothes for the bike/swim transition. No problem!

[Arlingtonrider]

Shirlington has been amazingly calm all day so far – no wind and just a little rain, but that could change quickly with this storm.

[Certifried]

Left work early, the drive sucked, but the weather was cool.

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edit 2: that’s just a cloud, by the way, not a tornado

[KelOnWheels]

Eek! Be careful out there, folks. Keep the rubber side down.

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