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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 28, 2000Arlington County, City of Alexandria, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 7:22 PM EDT for Arlington County, City of Alexandria, Virginia. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2000, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 1:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	117 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	64 min
Jul 28, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	66 min
Jul 28, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	66 min
Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, City of Falls Church	58 min
Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	City of Fairfax	58 min
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Washington	45 min
Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	58 min
Jul 28, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	68 min
Jul 28, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	38 min
Jul 28, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

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