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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 8:13 PM EDT for Loudoun County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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
- May 31, 2004, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Loudoun County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 May 31, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 31, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 113 min | |
| Jun 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 86 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 45 min | |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.