Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2001, 4:52 PM EDT for City of Staunton, Virginia. It was in force for 23 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
- May 22, 2001, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
County City of Staunton, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 22, 3:55 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:55 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 355 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 BUSY SHIFT WHICH LOOKS TO REMAIN FAIRLY BUSY THROUGH AT LEAST MID EVENING. THETA-E POOLING JUST S OF OUR CWA WHERE SVR WX HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. LARGE LINE OVR CENTRAL W.V. XTNDS TO THE FL PANHANDLE HAS HAD INCSRG LTNG OVR THE PAST TWO HRS. UNTIL THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH FEEL WE HAVE A CHC AT SVR - BEST TIME FOR DC LOOKS TO BE ARND 8 PM. AFTER FNT MOVES THROUGH LUKG FOR SKIES TO PARTIALLY CLR AND A PS DAY ON WED. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHC OF PCPN WL CONT FOR THE NEXT SVRL DAYS THEREAFTER AS LARGE UPR LVL LOW SITS OVR THE UPR MIDWEST AND SPINS. THIS WL KEEPS US IN THE MOIST FLOW...KEEPING TALK OF A DROUGHT AT BAY. DCA 58 78 57 76 / 70 20 20 30 BWI 57 74 56 75 / 70 20 20 30 MRB 54 73 52 72 / 60 10 20 30 IAD 56 73 56 75 / 70 20 20 30 CHO 56 77 54 74 / 60 20 20 30 HGR 52 73 52 72 / 60 10 20 30 NHK 56 75 56 75 / 70 20 20 30 .LWX...SEVERE TSTM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM ENTIRE CWA... MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES MDZ002>003. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES VAZ021...VAZ025>031...VAZ036>040...VAZ050>051. WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES WVZ048>055. WOODY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 22, 1:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 141 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 274 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN MARYLAND... ALLEGANY...ANNE ARUNDEL...CALVERT...CARROLL... CHARLES...FREDERICK...HARFORD...HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...SOUTHERN BALTIMORE...ST. MARYS AND WASHINGTON IN VIRGINIA... ALBEMARLE...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA... AUGUSTA...CLARKE...CULPEPER...FAIRFAX...FAUQUIER...FREDERICK... GREENE...HIGHLAND...KING GEORGE...LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON... ORANGE...PAGE...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK... RAPPAHANNOCK...ROCKINGHAM...SHENANDOAH...SPOTSYLVANIA...STAFFORD AND WARREN IN WEST VIRGINIA... BERKELEY...GRANT...HAMPSHIRE...HARDY... JEFFERSON...MINERAL...MORGAN AND PENDLETON A COLD FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DOWN THROUGH THE CAROLINAS WILL BE MOVING TO THE EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE COLD FRONT ALL DAY...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GUSTS TO 75 MPH. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED< TO PUSH INTO THE GREATER WASHINGTON DC AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. ABW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 51 min |
| May 22, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 23 min |
| May 22, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Waynesboro | 23 min |
| May 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Charlottesville | 45 min |
| May 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William | 14 min |
| May 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 24 min |
| May 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 24 min |
| May 22, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 26 min |
| May 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 36 min |
| May 22, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 17 min |
| May 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's | 63 min |
| May 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles, Saint Mary's | 63 min |
| May 22, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.