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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 16, 1998Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 6:22 PM EDT for Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland. It was in force for 48 min. 5 reports 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: Jun 16, 1998, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1998, 7:10 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

Counties Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Walkersville, MD
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Maugansville, MD
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Hagerstown Arpt, MD
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Leitersburg, MD
Jun 16, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Frederick, MD

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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
Jun 16, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	62 min
Jun 16, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison	48 min
Jun 16, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	49 min
Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Nelson	31 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	47 min
Jun 16, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper	48 min
Jun 16, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	48 min
Jun 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	48 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Loudoun, Prince William	48 min
Jun 16, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Orange	51 min
Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier	2 hr
Jun 16, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	47 min
Jun 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania	51 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Montgomery	49 min
Jun 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Washington	32 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Howard	49 min
Jun 16, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll	32 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Carroll	2 hr
Jun 16, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Saint Mary's	49 min
Jun 16, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert	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.