Tornado Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Apr 23, 1999, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 1999, 4:35 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Whole counties

Counties City of Winchester, VA, Frederick County, VA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

999 
WFUS1 KWBC 231932 RRA
TORWBC
VAC069-840-232035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
333 PM EDT FRI APR 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 435 PM EDT.

* AT 331 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINCHESTER OR 5 MILES WEST OF CEDAR
  GROVE... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBIN AT 337 PM EDT
  SUNNYSIDE AT 338 PM EDT
  WINCHESTER AT 341 PM EDT
  CLEAR BROOK AT 341 PM EDT
  SHENANDOAH HILLS AT 342 PM EDT



IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A BASEMENT. IF YOU
DONT HAVE A BASEMENT...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS...DOORS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR A BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND
WARNINGS.

.END/

BMW/HTS

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 23, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
220 PM EDT FRI APR 23 1999

DUE TO TIMING OF SVR WX I HAD ALREADY DRAFTED A SET OF EVENG WRK
ZNS...WHICH HAD TO BE TRANSMITTED WITHOUT GETTING TO LOOK AT 12Z
GUIDANCE DUE TO COMPUTER FAILURES AT NCEP. AND THEN THE SVR WX
STARTED AND BOX WAS ISSUED. AS A RESULT...VERSION 1.0 OF EVENG PCKG WAS
RELEASED AT 145 PM. I THINK YOU ALL EXPECT HIGH PRES TO BUILD OVER THE
AREA AFTR THIS FNT MOVES THROUGH...TEMPS TO BE COOL OVER THE WKND AND
BRZY. IF I GET A CHC TO LOOK AT 12Z MDLS ILL UPDATE IF THINGS HAVE
CHGD.

.LWX...SVR TSTM WATCH WRN MD..ERN PANHANDLE WV...XTRM NWRN VA TIL 7 PM.

WOODY

In the hours before

VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-MDZ002>007-009>011-013>014-016>018-
WVZ048>055-240200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
135 PM EDT FRI APR 23 1999

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE...NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT OVER OHIO WILL MOVE INTO MARYLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE SOUTHWARD THROUGH VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AND
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WESTERN MARYLAND BY MID AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCHES
IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END THIS EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES
SOUTH OF THE AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREQUENT
UPDATES THROUGH TIMELY STATEMENTS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO ANDZ OUR
WORLD WIDE WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/LWX/

WOODCOCK

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.