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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 16, 2003Carroll County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2003, 10:25 PM EDT for Carroll County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 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 16, 2003, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2003, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, MD

The radar

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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 Aug 16, 3:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 10:59 AM EDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
619 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

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

0351 PM    WASHINGTON                DC   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA           TREES DOWN IN NORTHWEST.
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.

Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
754 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

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

0315 PM    KINGSVILLE                MD   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03   BALTIMORE                      TREES DOWNED. EOC
                                          REPORT.

0450 PM    BRANDYWINE                MD   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03   PRINCE GEORGES                 WIRES DOWN IN THE
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY. EOC REPORT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke	43 min
Aug 16, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	45 min
Aug 17, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange	64 min
Aug 17, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	54 min
Aug 17, 3:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta	3 hr
Aug 17, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Nelson	41 min
Aug 16, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore	64 min
Aug 16, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	64 min
Aug 16, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	49 min
Aug 16, 11:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.