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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2002

THIS WEATHER SUMMARY IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND 
EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY... THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA... NORTHERN 
VIRGINIA... THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND THE 
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

A SMALL TORNADO STRUCK SOUTHERN CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND 2 MILES 
SOUTH OF FAULKNER AT AROUND 725 AM THIS MORNING. DAMAGE WAS 
PRIMARILY TO TREES BUT A FEW SHEDS WERE ALSO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
EYEWITNESSES CONFIRM SIGHTING THE TORNADO AND TWO WATERSPOUTS WERE 
THEN SEEN ON THE BAY OFF CHESAPEAKE BAY AT AROUND 730 AM. THE 
TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE 
AREA. STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND PEA SIZE HAIL 
WERE ALSO REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHARLES CALVERT AND ST MARYS 
COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 0.50 AND 
1.75 INCHES WERE COMMON IN MUCH OF MARYLAND VIRGINIA AND EASTERN 
WEST VIRGINIA.

A CHILLY NIGHT WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AS HIGH 
PRESSURE AND A COOL CANADIAN AIR MASS BUILD INTO THE AREA. A FROST 
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE MOUNTAIN 
VALLEYS OF WESTERN MARYLAND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE WEST 
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA WHERE LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 
LOW TO MID 30S. ELSEWHERE LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.

COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE ON SUNDAY WITH 
HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

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JLW