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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 30, 2003Montgomery County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2003, 10:59 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Maryland. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 30, 2003, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2003, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery 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 Jun 30, 9:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
910 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR POPS THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY ISOLATED STORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN TIER AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE
SOUTHEAST.  MODELS INDICATE RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS
AREA OF ENHANCED LIFT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LIFT WANES AFTER
06Z...BUT PICKS UP AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY. ZONES CARRY 30 POPS ACROSS
THE BOARD THIS EVENING. WILL ADJUST BASED ON RADAR TRENDS LATER.

NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE MARINE.

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDT, 12 hours 19 minutes before

DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>057-WVZ048>055-011000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1040 AM EDT MON JUN 30 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...TODAY

THE ENTIRE AREA CONTINUES TO BE OUTLOOKED AS HAVING A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 IN DIAMETER ARE
CONSIDERED THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

WVZ051-052-010130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
834 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE...

AT 834 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF OMPS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE
COMMUNITIES OF INWOOD AND MARTINSBURG WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
THROUGH 930 PM EDT. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN
CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

MANNING

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

WVZ053-010230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
928 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 928 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
WEST OF KEARNEYSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLES TOWN AND RANSON
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 1030 PM EDT. IF THE STORM
STRENGTHENS AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED.

MANNING

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
958 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003

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

0925 PM    2S MARTINSBURG            WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/03   BERKELEY                       LARGE TREE DOWN ON
                                          POWERLINES CAUSING A
                                          TRANSFORMER FIRE. LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT REPORT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		95 min
Jul 1, 1:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel	56 min
Jun 30, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	58 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.