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Aha! A Bow Echo. The Admiral is always right (she's good)
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The report talks about gusts of 80 miles an hour. That's an equivelant of a category 2 hurricane moving at 60 miles an hour across the eastern part of the country and no reports unless you do research knowing where to look. Seems to me there should have been a 'break in on tv' announcement at the least.

SUMMARY...THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES ACROSS THE
DISCUSSION AREA.

DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS CONTINUATION OF A FAST-MOVING
WELL-ORGANIZED BOW ECHO/DERECHO ACROSS SWRN PA/WV/ERN KY ATTM...WITH
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE -- AND MEASURED GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. WITH THE DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS STILL VERY WARM
AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE /SURFACE TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE UPPER 90S
IN MANY AREAS E OF THE MOUNTAINS AND MIXED-LAYER CAPE IN EXCESS OF
3000 TO 3500 J/KG/...EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE TO ROLL BEYOND THE E
SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS AND ACROSS MUCH OF VA OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. ALONG WITH LIKELIHOOD FOR HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS MCS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

..GOSS.. 06/29/2012

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