Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1996, 4:08 PM EDT for Loudoun County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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 19, 1996, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1996, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Loudoun County, VA, Jefferson County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:33 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Sterling, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 92 min |
| Jul 19, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 7:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.