Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 289
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 12, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties
New Castle County, DE, Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, York County, PA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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.
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 81 min |
| May 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 49 min |
| May 12, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 58 min |
| May 12, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 28 min |
| May 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 39 min |
| May 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick | 46 min |
| May 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 48 min |
| May 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 30 min |
| May 12, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 56 min |
| May 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 35 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 64 min |
| May 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 33 min |
| May 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 37 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 26 min |
| May 12, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 51 min |
| May 12, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 21 min |
| May 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 47 min |
| May 12, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 22 min |
| May 12, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 47 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 5 hr |
| May 12, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Butler, Cambria and 11 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.