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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 5, 2001Charles County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2001, 3:41 PM EDT for Charles County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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 5, 2001, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

County Charles County, MD

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 5, 4:00 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Bryans Road, MD	Dime sized hail fell.

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 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 May 5, 3:10 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:10 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
310 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2001

SFC CDFNT SRN EDGE OF CWFA. H8 FNT ACRS NRN TIER. TSRA FIRING ALNG
EA BNDRY.  ATM CONDUSIVE TO KEEPING THESE GOING THRU SUNSET. BHD H8
FNT...ATMOS MUCH MORE STBL. THUS...WL KEEP POPS GOING 1ST PD TIL ITS
PASSAGE.

FOR THE REST OF THE WKND...MDLS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. CNDN HIPRES
SQUEEZES DWN CST...PROMOTING CLRG SKIES. FEW ADJUSTMNTS FM PREV
FCST.  ALTHO FLW MARITIME...DOESNT APPR TO BE MUCH LIFT. THUS...MDT
AMTS OF CLDCVR AND COOLER TEMPS...BUT NOT MUCH RAFL. HV TAPERED BACK
POPS SUN-MON. ALSO...WENT MORE OPTIMISTIC FOR SUNSHN IN CSTL PLAIN.
WHR POPS DIFFERED 3RD-4TH PDS...WENT COOL SIDE OF BLEND.

XTNDD ABT THE SAME...W/ NXT SYSTM...AND A LTL BTTR CHC FOR RA...FOR
MIDWEEK.

FULL PKG BY 2000 UTC. LATER-

FCSTID = 50...HTS
DCA   55  68  46  66 /  10  10  10   5
BWI   53  68  44  66 /  10  10  10   5
MRB   50  65  41  65 /  10  10  10   5
IAD   52  68  42  65 /  10  10  10   5
CHO   57  65  45  65 /  30  20  20  10
HGR   47  64  38  63 /  10  10  10   5
NHK   57  66  46  63 /  20  10  10   5

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NUONE.
WV...NONE.

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.