Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1996

Tornado Warning 17, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 14, 1996Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1996, 7:03 PM EDT for Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1996, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 88Falmouth, VA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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
Jul 14, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXGreene, Madison48 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson47 min
Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford32 min
Jul 14, 6:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford61 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

Sources

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