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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 22, 2003Frederick County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT for Frederick County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 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 22, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frederick 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 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 9:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
Aug 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	67 min
Aug 22, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	53 min
Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke	42 min
Aug 22, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	64 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Aug 22, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Rappahannock	57 min
Aug 22, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper	64 min
Aug 22, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	3 hr
Aug 22, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	45 min
Aug 22, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	51 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.