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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an area that I wish the state would make the decision. For events related to hurricanes, tornadoes, derechos and the like, the state should make the call as they are the ones who will have to deal with the aftermath of it all. [/quote]

Could the governor call a preemptive state of emergency? That could make it easier for schools to justify being cautious and closing/closing early.[/quote]

You need to get your anxiety under control. What do you do when there are thunderstorms every couple of weeks in the spring and summer?[/quote]

You can't tell the difference between this storm and normal summer thunderstorms? I feel sorry for you. [/quote]

You need to stop watching the news until you get medication. Your anxiety is preventing you from reading and understanding the reports.

No, they're not predicting something that is significantly more severe than other thunderstorms we regularly experience. It is mostly that they're more confident in their prediction at this time than was historically common. And the storm is expected to be bigger than most.

But relatively high confidence in a big storm is not the same thing as a particularly severe storm.[/quote]

Fascinating how so many MCPS parents on the DCUM message boards are suddenly also expert meteorologists.

Capital Weather Gang:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/03/15/dc-severe-storm-forecast-tornadoes-damaging-winds/

"D.C. averages about a dozen severe storm outlooks per year from the Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center that are issued the day before potential storms. That number rises to around 20 outlooks on the day storms are expected. Most are marginal or slight risks (Levels 1-2 of 5), with a handful reaching enhanced risk (Level 3). A Level 4 risk occurs less than once every other year on average."

Matthew Cappucci:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AusS7iwHY/

" MONDAY, March 16 looks to be a real-deal severe weather outbreak with the risk of tornadoes, including perhaps a few significant (EF2+) and/or long-track in the Mid-Atlantic. The Storm Prediction Center's forecast, issued Sunday, certainly hints at the possibility of a memorable event.

Our "parameter space" will be exceptional; a juiced-up atmosphere with moderate to extreme shear (spin)... and the likelihood of several rotating supercell thunderstorms to take advantage, especially in southern Virginia and North Carolina. I'm really watching the Richmond to Raleigh to Virginia Beach corridor as having the greatest threat of long-track supercells.

Then we ALSO have a destructive squall line coming in in the afternoon with 60-75 mph straight-line winds and embedded kinks of spin that could also produce quick-hitting tornadoes.

School districts should spend Sunday reviewing their severe weather plan, communicating with parents and/or adjusting activities and schedules as needed."

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