Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2000, 2:57 PM EDT for Albemarle County, Orange County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- May 19, 2000, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Albemarle County, VA, Orange County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:59 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington, VA | Trees were downed onto Old Ivy Road. |
| May 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | Barboursville, VA | Silver dollar sized hail fell. |
| May 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Southwest Portion, VA | Dime sized hail fell on Hardwick Mountain. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
698 WUUS51 KLWX 191858 SVRWBC VAC003-137-191930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 257 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF BARBOURSVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OLD SOMERSET AT 304 PM EDT GORDONSVILLE AT 306 PM EDT MADISON RUN AT 310 PM EDT ORANGE AT 312 PM EDT LAHORE...THORNHILL AT 322 PM EDT SEEK SAFETY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH TREES OR OTHER ISOLATED OBJECTS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS THE STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .END/SMZ/BMW/DMW
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 May 19, 9:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 915 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2000 LN OF SHRA/TSRA STRETCHING FM SRN PA ACRS WVA ATTM. WNDSHFT TO N HAS PROGRESSED SWD ACRS NRN VA...BUT VWP/SNDG INDCTS ONLY 1-2K FT IN DEPTH. COOLER...DRIER AIR STL IN PA...AND BLV THAT/S WHR TRUE FRONT STILL IS. WVA ACTVTY ASSOC W/ S/WV...WHICH WL CRS FA MIDDAY. H8 35 KT JET WL ENTER WRN FA TAFTN...AND H25 JET STILL BACK A LTL FRTHR W. GVN GOOD INSTAB /LI -4 TO -6 AND B+ 2000-3000 AT 12Z/ AND FOCUSSING MECHANISM...FORSEE A BUMPY DAY AHD. QSTN WL BE SVR THREAT. PERSISTENT SHRA ACRS NRN MD MAY KEEP ATMOS MARGINALLY STBL TDA. HWVR...VORT IN SRN MD TAFTN...AND JET IN SW FA INVOF CHO WL MEAN THREAT HGTND IN THOSE TWO AREAS...ESP SINCE BOTH AREAS HV AT LST PRTL SUN ATTM...AND ARE ON EDGE OF BAROCLINIC ZN. THUS...WL RAISE POPS EVRYWHR TDA...AND WL BEEF UP SVR WRDG ACRS THE S. WL MAKE OTR LESSER TWEAKS FOR 1ST PD. MAY MAKE APPRO ADJUSTMENTS 2ND-3RD PDS AS WELL. .LWX...NONE. HTS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham | 38 min |
| May 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.