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Severe Weather and Schools
🏫 I have had a lot of questions about what schools may do with the high risk for storms and possible tornadoes Monday.
😀 Be Prepared, Not Scared.
⛈️ 🌪️ Dangerous Weather is
‘Possible’ - NOT Promised!
🫡 Respect the power of weather and have a plan. That is the premise for my school program: STORM SMART
🤷🏻♂️I Do Not Know what each district may do with schedules.
⭐️ AACo in MD announced 2 hour early close just as I posted this.
👍🏻 What I do know:
👉🏻 Faculty are trained to keep kids calm and safe.
👉🏻 School buildings are mostly made with brick, concrete, and steel. THESE ARE SAFER than most homes.
🚌 Busses: May hold at school when specific alerts are in that area to keep kids safer.
🔔 In the past schools have closed early for extreme winds in addition to other high risks.
📣 ALERT TYPES: Know the difference:
⚠️ Watches will be issued when conditions are possible.
‼️ Warnings are issued when it is actually happening and tracked with specific towns in the path.
💨 🌲 Falling Trees are a concern in strong winds.
🔌 Power Outages are possible.
⚡️ 🔥 Live wires can spark brushfires.
🚒👩🚒 Jackie’s company ran two different calls for that this weekend.
📻 Weather Radios are still a great way to get warnings.
📱 I know my posts here and app alerts do lot always reach in school or at work.
🙏 Please know where you will get warnings and backup.
😀 Do NOT let fear take over. If you have a plan and know where info is coming from.
Good morning it's Sunday March 15
🚨 🙏 PLEASE THIS SERIOUSLY:
📝 Lots of maps and animations in my Full Report
🌀 ❄️ Blizzard in the Great Lakes Today will ALSO help Develop Severe Storms
⚠️ ⛈️ 🌪️ SEVERE STORMS PEAK MONDAY
❄️ May End With Snow Inland At Night
📍 Right Here In The Mid Atlantic
⏰ Focus Timeline
🏔️ Mountains Noon to 4 PM
💁🏻♂️ Metro Areas 4 PM to 8 PM
🌪️ Multiple Tornadoes
🧊 Large Hail 1” to 2”+
💨 Damaging Winds 60 to 75 mph
SERIOUS SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center has UPGRADED to a rare Level 4 out of 5 severe weather risk for Monday in the Mid-Atlantic. This includes Washington D.C., Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte and part of South Carolina!
In the red zone, there is an increasing concern for a couple supercells that could produce an isolated EF2+ tornado, and given fast storm motions, we can't rule out a longer-track tornado as well.
This risk tier happens 3 times per decade on average in our area; the last times in D.C. were August 7, 2023 and April 19, 2019. These risk tiers are reserved for only the most substantial, higher-impact severe weather events that are somewhat reminiscent of what I chase out west.
Dangerous storms, some of which may produce 60-75 mph wind gusts, are likely. A few rotating supercells with tornado potential could crop up, and we'll also likely see a few brief spin-up tornadoes within the main squall line that should come through during the evening hours.
School districts – use Sunday to plan. Multiple rounds of potentially dangerous storms, including with some tornado risk, are likely in some spots.
HIGHER RISK MONDAY March 16 2026
🧵 1 of 4
‼️ LEVEL 4️⃣ of 5: This has been raised AGAIN and Is A Big Deal.
🌪️ ❄️ Multiple Tornadoes (possible) AND may end with Snow (again)
Lots of info here: This is Very Possible AND Not Promised.
🙏 Please know this is not hype. I would not do that.
My goal is to Make You Aware So You Can Prepare
AND NEVER TO SCARE!
WHY NOW?
🌀 A Blizzard in the Northern Plains/Great Lakes on Sunday will spark a line of severe storms in the Central US. This will peak in our region on Monday!
WHEN:
🪟 Time Window Noon to 8 PM
🏫 Schools: I do not make the call for them. In the past I have seen both staying in for shelter OR dismissing Early, even for damaging wind forecast.
👀 Stay on the lookout for official word for your place.
‼️ ALERTS:
WATCHES are Issued when the conditions are present for these storms to form. They cover a broad areas and often time window about 6 hours.
WARNINGS are issued when a storm with these conditions is actually happening. Then tracked through counties and specific towns in a shorter window of time.
🌪️ Multiple Tornadoes are possible
🧊 Hail OVER 1" diameter is standard criteria for a storm to be considered 'Severe'
💨 Winds OVER 58 mph is standard criteria for a storm to be considered 'Severe'
⚡️ Lightning can be dangerous in any thunderstorm, even if not severe.