Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1993

Tornado Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 27, 1993Prince William County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Sep 27, 1993, 1:02 PM EDT for Prince William County, Virginia. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 1993, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 1993, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Prince William County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage32 min
Sep 27, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMadison34 min
Sep 27, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper42 min
Sep 27, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier65 min
Sep 27, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun, Prince William69 min
Sep 27, 1:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun36 min
Sep 27, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMontgomery38 min
Sep 27, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince George's62 min
Sep 27, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel29 min
Sep 27, 2:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes in 1993

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.