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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 670

August 9, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 9, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 116 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Accomack County, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA, Jefferson County, WV

Warnings issued inside it

17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Goochland23 min
Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward39 min
Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover52 min
Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPowhatan52 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's65 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMontgomery65 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXKing George, Prince William, Stafford65 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Fairfax65 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Falls Church65 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Alexandria65 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia26 min
Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond33 min
Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax48 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway41 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg44 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent44 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hopewell44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more6 hr
Aug 9, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 14 more5 hr
Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGiles6 hr
Aug 9, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason and 6 more6 hr
Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJackson, Wood6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.