Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2000, 5:24 PM EDT for City of Falls Church, Virginia. It was in force for 66 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
- Aug 7, 2000, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
County City of Falls Church, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2000Every 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.