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Flash Flood Warning 139, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 5, 2003Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Nov 5, 2003, 4:25 PM EST for Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2003, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2003, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Montgomery County, MD, Fairfax County, VA, Loudoun County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Nov 5, 4:10 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 4:10 PM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 12:30 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>057-WVZ048>055-061000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1230 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND THE
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STRONG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

DCZ001-MDZ009-VAZ053-054-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
300 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003

AT 3:00 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR LEESBURG TO NORTHWEST OF STERLING VIRGINIA.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...CITY OF
ALEXANDRIA...CITY OF FALLS CHURCH...ARLINGTON AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES
MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 4:00 PM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING BECOME NECESSARY.

ROGOWSKI

Local storm report, Nov 5, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
325 PM EST WED NOV 05 2003

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

0316 PM    1N LEESBURG               VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/03   LOUDOUN                        TREES DOWN. SIDING AND
                                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF
                                          SEVERAL HOMES.

0322 PM    DARNESTOWN                MD   TORNADO
11/05/03   MONTGOMERY                     LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTTED
                                          TORNADO NEAR DARNESTOWN.

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour before

MDZ010-052130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
325 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003

...CONFIRMED TORNADO IN CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEADING TOWARDS
HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 325 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROXBURY MILLS...IN CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF COLUMBIA...ELKRIDGE AND ELLICOTT
CITY...ALONG WITH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY...MAY BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 430 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

ROGOWSKI

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST, 40 minutes before

MDZ006-011-014-052145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
345 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003

AT 3:45 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS THEY IMPACT PORTIONS
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY AND CITY...ALONG WITH NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL
COUNTY  THROUGH 4:45 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

ROGOWSKI

Local storm report, Nov 5, 3:54 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
354 PM EST WED NOV 05 2003

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

0248 PM    UPPERVILLE                VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/03   FAUQUIER                       TREE KNOCKED DOWN WIRE AT
                                          ROUTE 50 AND GREEN GARDEN
                                          ROAD.

0317 PM    GERMANTOWN                MD   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/05/03   MONTGOMERY

Local storm report, Nov 5, 4:10 PM EST, 15 minutes 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
Nov 5, 2:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Loudoun	60 min
Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro	45 min
Nov 5, 4:03 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		87 min
Nov 5, 3:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	66 min
Nov 5, 3:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LWX	Montgomery	39 min
Nov 5, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Howard	40 min
Nov 5, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore	45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2003 Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.