Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 286
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 7, 2003, 1:20 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2003, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 69 counties
Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 53 min |
| May 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 43 min |
| May 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 41 min |
| May 7, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 39 min |
| May 7, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 59 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 57 min |
| May 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 54 min |
| May 7, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 60 min |
| May 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett and 5 more | 116 min |
| May 7, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 114 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 13 more | 53 min |
| May 7, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 5 hr |
| May 7, 5:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 2 hr |
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.