Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2002, 6:26 PM EDT for Frederick County, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 25, 2002, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Frederick County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 215 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002 500MB RIDGE WILL RECEDED A BIT AS A TROF JUST N OF MN MOVES INTO THE NE QUAD OF THE US. HOWEVER...MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SHORT TERM. MUGGY AGAIN TNT WILL GO WITH HZY AND ISOLTED EVE TSTMS IN THE WEST AND SW COUNTIES. ANOTHER HOT DAY WEDNESDAY WILL NEC ANOTHER HEAT ADVSRY AS THE HEAT ROLLS ON. BETTR CHC OF SOME TSRA WED AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION WITH ANOTHER DAY OF GOOD INSTAB. EXPCT TMPS 90 TO 95 AGAIN WITH DWPTS 68 TO 73 HI VALS 98 TO 102. STRONG THU THRU TUE... S/W ROTATING THRU GREAT LAKES UPR TROF WL DRIVE A CDFNT SE INTO THE AREA ON THU. MOISTURE CIRCULATING OUT OF THE GULF ARND MS VLLY UPR LOW WL SHIFT E AND BE DRAWN NORTHWARD BY SE MOVG UPR TROF. DUE TO ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE AND APPCHG FRONT...HV RAISED POPS TO LIKELY FOR THU. AS FRONT MOVS S...WL CONT CHC POPS THU NIGHT OVR S ZONES. HV CUT BACK FRI POP AREA TO JST SRN ZONES. UPR RDG WL BLD OVR FA LATE FRI THRU WKEND AND SFC HIGH PRES WL DOMINATE RGN. COOLER DRIER AIR WL ADVECT INTO AREA BHND FRONT RETURNING TEMPS TO MORE SEASONABLE VALUES. SFC HIGH WL SLIDE OFFSHORE ERLY NXT WK AND LGT SE FLOW WL BRING INCRG RH TO THE RGN. WK CONVERGENCE IN VCNTY OF BLUE RDG CUD SPARK ISOLD TSRA/S BUT POPS NOT HIGH ENUF TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. ARTHUR/ROSA .LWX... DC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WED FOR DCZ001. MD...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WED FOR ZONES MDZ003>007... MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014...MDZ016. VA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WED FOR ZONES VAZ025>031... VAZ036>042...VAZ050>057. WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WED FOR ZONES WVZ051>053.
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.