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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 19, 2000Augusta County, Nelson County, City of Waynesboro, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2000, 3:01 PM EDT for Augusta County, Nelson County, City of Waynesboro, Virginia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

Counties Augusta County, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Nelson County, VA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 3:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Gladstone, VA	Trees were downed.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KLWX 191905 COR
SVRWBC
VAC003-015-125-540-820-191945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
301 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  EASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF WAYNESBORO IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD...OR ABOUT 6
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   IVY AT 322 PM EDT
   FLORDON AT 326 PM EDT
   BARRACKS AT 330 PM EDT
   CHARLOTTESVILLE AT 332 PM EDT
   SHADWELL AT 340 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.

...CORRECTION...ADDED NELSON COUNTY TO WARNING...

.END/SMZ/BMW/DMW

LAT...LON 3809 7894 3792 7902/ 3790 7816 3815 7817

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, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
300 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2000

1ST TIME ON ICWF...VRY BUSY...THISLL BE SHORT.  TUFF FCST AHD AS
BNDY QUASISTATIONARY OVR FA.  LO IN WRN PA/ERN OHIO TO QUIVER
N...THEN DRIVE EVRYTHNG S SAT. UNFORTUNATELY...LO WL BE IN VCNTY
THRU THE WKND. WENT ABV FWC TNGT/TMRW...AND CLS SUN. DIDN/T STRAY
TOO FAR ON TEMPS.

.LWX...SVR TSTM WATCH SW CWA TIL 7PM
       SVR TSTM oWATCH SCNTRL AND SE CWA TIL 8PM.

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, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Orange	33 min
May 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	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.