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Article: Winds, Rain Pound D.C. Area; Clash of Cold, Warm Air Masses Knocks Out Power, Snarls Commute
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 9, 1996
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The Washington region was battered by high winds and deluged
by rain yesterday as a powerful cold front slammed into a blanket of
unseasonably warm air, spawning storms that flooded roads, knocked
out electric power and delayed the homeward commute for thousands of
motorists.
Unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds or tornadoes came from
Charles and Baltimore counties. Boats were reported lifted out of
the water in Baltimore County, and winds gusted as high as 40 or 50
miles an hour in spots. Rainwater cascaded into county government
offices in the Mount Vernon section of Fairfax County.
Accidents, most of them minor, proliferated on main commuter
arteries across the region, and ...