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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 1, 2004Fauquier County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2004, 1:42 AM EDT for Fauquier County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 1, 2004, 1:42 AM EDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2004, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fauquier County, VA

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, 9:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:59 AM EDT, 13 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:27 AM EDT, 15 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
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		85 min
Jul 1, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	59 min
Jul 1, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Nelson	66 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		48 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	60 min
Jul 1, 5:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Waynesboro	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore	63 min
Jul 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Harford	68 min
Jul 1, 4:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Baltimore	58 min
Jul 1, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	64 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	57 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	63 min
Jul 1, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel	66 min
Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel	65 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.