Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 4:44 AM EST for Culpeper County, Madison County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 11, 2002, 4:44 AM EST (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Culpeper County, VA, Madison County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 5:15 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Culpeper, VA | A tree was downed onto Route 29 near the Madison County border. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Nov 11, 3:30 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:30 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 330 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 SHORT TERM... VERY HIGH SHEAR CONVECTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE TNGT. HELICITY ON THE IAD SOUNDING WAS CLOSE TO 500 J/KG. INSTABILITY HOWEVER CONTINUES TO BE VERY LOW. WL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SVR THREAT TODAY. VERY STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT WL BE OVR RGN THRU TONGT. FRONT WL MOV SLOWLY ACRS FA TODAY CONTINUING SHRAS/TSRAS. SOME MODELS DIFFERENCES CONTINUE AND WILL COMPERMISE BETWEEN SOLNS...DRY OUT WRN ZONES TONGT AND EAST LATE TONIGHT. ONE LAST WARM DAY BEFORE BACK TO MORE SEASONAL TEMPS. WITH SUCH STRONG FLOW AND MIXING WL CONT SCA OVR MARINE AREAS. TUESDAY CAA SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION WITH NORTHERLY WINDS. HIGH TEMPS WILL NOT RISE MUCH ON TUESDAY AS CLOUDS INCREASE BACK ACROSS THE FA WITH A CHC OF SHRAS ONCE AGAIN. ND LONG TERM...TUE NGT THRU SUN... ONLY REAL CHG IN XTND IS TO TAPER BACK ON THE POPS FOR TUE NGT AND WED. AVN CONTINUES TO ADVRTZ THE LOW DVLPG ALONG THE FNTL BNDRY E OF ORF..AND THEN TRACK NE. OUR CWA WOULD BE IN A SECTOR OF NRLY WINDS...AND I FEEL PCPN AMTS WL BE LGT..IF AT ALL. COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE CST GET THE RAIN AND WE ARE LEFT DRY. THE NEW MRF RESEMBLES THE AVN. SEE THAT THE FMR POPS ARE QUITE HIGH FOR WED. THINK THE MDL IS OVERDOING THE PCPN CVRG. HV CUT BACK ON PCPN LONGEVITY AND POPS. THIS IS ALSO MORE CLOSELY IN LN W/ WHAT OTHER FOS WERE FCSTG. PRES GRAD FAIRLY TIGHT IN ERN SXNS COULD PRODUCE BRZY CONDITIONS ALONG BAY WED NGT AS LOW PULLS AWAY. AFTER LOW PULLS AWAY AREA IS UNDER FAIRLY NONDESCRIPT ZNL FLOW THU AND FRI. AS WAS THE CASE LAST NGT AM RESERVING JUDGEMENT ON THE FATE OF THE NEXT UPR TROF/CSTL SFC LOW MRF IS PROJECTING FOR NEXT WKND. LATER SHIFTS CAN PONDER THAT AS THESE DAYS DRAW NEAR. WOODY .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...SCA IN EFFECT FOR POTOMAC AND BAY.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 9:00 PM EST, 7 hours 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 4:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 5:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 31 min |
| Nov 11, 5:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 6:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 7:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Nov 11, 7:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Nov 11, 8:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 48 min | |
| Nov 11, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 9:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| Nov 11, 6:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.