Top NoVa, DC Wind Gusts Town By Town For March 2 2018

WASHINGTON, DC — Weather forecasters predicted winds speeds could hit 70 miles per hour Friday as a nor'easter moved across northern Virginia, and they were on the money. The latest wind gusts released by the National Weather Service show that Madison County recorded a wind speed of 78 mph, the strongest blast in the state so far.

Many communities saw wind gusts of 60 mph or higher with a high wind warning in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday across the state. As the storm strengthened it reached the category now known as a bomb cyclone. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Friday evening. Authorities warned of dangerous driving conditions, projectiles that could injure pedestrians, power outages from fallen tree limbs, and broken windows from flying debris.

The National Weather Service provided the following preliminary measurements from around the state, collected by weather spotters, media and government agencies. All data was collected on Friday, March 2.

• Catholic University, 66 mph
• American University, 66 mph
• Washington, 66 mph
• Silver Spring, 64 mph
• Adams Morgan, 61 mph
• Georgetown, 58 mph
• The Mall, 58 mph
• US Capitol, 58 mph

VIRGINIA

• Ronald Reagan Airport, 62 mph

• Staunton Airport, 58 mph

• Manassas, 60 mph

• Newington, 60 mph
• Chantilly, 59 mph
• Annandale, 58 mph

• Winchester, 61 mph

• Swift Run, 70 mph
• Stanardsville, 69 mph
• Amicus, 64 mph
• Lydia, 58 mph

• Monterey, 60 mph

• Dahlgren, 75 mph
• King George, 60 mph
• King George, 58 mph

• Dulles International, 71 mph
• Dulles International, 61 mph
• Arcola, 61 mph
• Leesburg Executive Airport, 61 mph
• Leesburg, 59 mph
• Ashburn, 59 mph
• Leesburg, 58 mph
• Arcola, 58 mph
• Lovettsville, 58 mph
• Countryside, 58 mph
• Arcola, 58 mph

• Etlan, 78 mph

• Quantico Marine Corps, 63 mph

• Slate Mills, 70 mph

• Fredericksburg, 63 mph

• Stafford, 60 mph

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Photo of tree down in Bethesda by Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services