Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 2, 1999Washington County, Maryland; Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1999, 4:18 PM EST for Washington County, Maryland; Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
Nov 2, 1999, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1999, 5:20 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, MD, Berkeley County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 2, 4:30 PM ESTHail 1Berkeley, WVQuarter sized hail
Nov 2, 4:40 PM ESTHail 1Martinsburg, WVQuarter sized hail

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.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.