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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 24, 20024 counties in Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2002, 3:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 24, 2002, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Orange County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 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 Aug 24, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Aug 24, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		52 min
Aug 24, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		53 min
Aug 24, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George	23 min
Aug 24, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Aug 24, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Aug 24, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Aug 24, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Charles	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.