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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 20, 2001Greene County, Madison County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2001, 8:41 PM EDT for Greene County, Madison County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 20, 2001, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2001, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greene County, VA, Madison County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 8:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Madison, VA	Two trees were downed onto Route 231.
Jun 20, 9:00 PM EDT	Hail 1	Standardsville, VA	Quarter 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 Jun 20, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
308 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001

MODELS BRING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CWA NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE. AS IT DOES MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE AND SO WILL DYNAMICS. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE MAINLY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AND MORE WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE FEATURES SHOULD MOVE
EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY TAKING THE PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS WITH
IT.

PLEASANT DRY WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FCSTID = 1
DCA   69  86  69  83 /  20  40  30  50
BWI   69  86  69  83 /  20  40  30  50
MRB   65  85  65  80 /  20  50  40  50
IAD   66  85  65  81 /  20  40  30  50
CHO   66  85  65  81 /  20  40  30  50
HGR   65  85  65  80 /  30  50  40  50
NHK   69  86  69  83 /  20  40  30  50

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
406 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    ROMNEY                    WV   .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/01   HAMPSHIRE

MKM

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
729 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    MARTINSBURG               WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/20/01   BERKELEY                       TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
                                          DOWNED. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

MKM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	41 min
Jun 20, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	49 min
Jun 21, 7:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Nelson	115 min
Jun 20, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Howard	65 min
Jun 20, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, City of Baltimore	62 min
Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Howard, Prince George's	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.