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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 25, 2001Howard County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 25, 2001, 3:55 PM EST for Howard County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 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: Nov 25, 2001, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 25, 2001, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

County Howard County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 Nov 25, 3:50 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 3:50 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 25, 3:45 PM EST, 10 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
Nov 25, 4:15 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		90 min
Nov 25, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.