This is a very cool* write-up on the storm that ended the heat wave on Sunday:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cap...ook_at_su.html

*Well, I guess it's only very cool if you're a weather geek like I am.

I remember one or two summers ago we had a severe storm pass through, and it was a bow echo. There was enough wind damage from that storm to make me remember: if the meteorologist says the words "bow echo," head for cover now, seriously like right this minute.

I've read that some of the wind gusts from this storm were higher than those from Hurricane Isabel.