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Tornado watch went up early so I had to shake off the hangover and focus on the task at hand. We don't get too many opportunities up here to chase so today was a big day. Three cells of interest today, all three tornadic during their lifetimes.

Storm #1 ditched me before could get to the tornado in central MD near Columbia. Beautiful radar presentation on that one.

Storm #2 rolled off the Blue Ridge Mtns. and quickly reached severe levels in northern Fauquier County, VA. I found a great place to watch it in Haymarket, VA. The CGs were deafening.

http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400a.jpg
http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400bradar.jpg


While following this cell into western Fairfax County, VA, it flourished and boasted nice structure over Centerville.

http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400d.jpg
http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400eradar.jpg


So yeah, play the old "is it scud or is it a funnel" game: this feature got a lot of attention from the people along Rt. 29 in Farifax. Tons of people pulled over to watch this thing swirling around. Many of them called it in as a tornado but I never saw it actually touching the ground. I slowly had to concede to poor roads and watched the cell fade away (and thankfully eventually weaken).

http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400f.jpg
http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400g.jpg


Storm #3 was already in the process of developing over northern Loudoun County over the Potomac River and by the time I made it to the captial beltway I was ready for more. Thankfully I didn't call it a day. This one paraded into northern Montgomery County, MD with really cool structure. Just south of Rockville, MD was the place to watch this one.

http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400h.jpg
http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/photos/2007_07_04/600400hradar.jpg

These storms contained some wicked lightning. The drive back was a mix of lightning and fireworks. Awesome. http://www.f5tornadosafaris.com/ddildine/2007chaseJULY.htm

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