Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 5:10 PM EDT for Orange County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2004, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Orange County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 235 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 UPDATE...WILL BE INCLUDING POPS FIRST PERIOD FOR ONGOING CONVECTION IN THE WRN ZONES. RDH. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT-WED... 1ST PD RLTVLY SIMPLE...UPR RDG SLIDING OFF THE CST WL ALLOW CLOUDS TO BEGIN CREEPING INTO THE W THIS EVE. NOT XPCTG MUCH IN WAY OF FG OVRNGT - MAYBE 5SM IN SOME OF THE FAVORED PLACES. OVRNGT LOWS QUITE WARM...L70S CITIES..MU60S RMDR OF CWA. TROF DIGS INTO THE MIDEAST ON WED W/ CD FNT RMNG ON W SIDE OF APLCHNS WED AFTN. WRN MD/ERN W.V. IS OUTLOOKED FOR PSBL SVR WX WED. HV WRN CWA AT 50 POP DURG AFTN...ERN ZNS 30 POP. NMRCL GUINC WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE REGARDING HIGH TEMPS...WHICH WL BE DEPENDENT IN PART ON CLD CVR...BUT BLV THERE IT WL BE 86-91 E OF THE MTNS...82-87 APLCHNS AND W. WOODY && LONG TERM (WED NIGHT-THU) UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT FROM THE GREAT LKS TO NEW ENGLAND WED NIGHT-THU PROVIDING GOOD SUPPORT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ESPECIALLY ON WED EVENING. GFS LOOKS TOO FAST DRYING THINGS OUT ON THU. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE IN CONTINUITY AND HAVE DISREGARDED GFS FOR THU. SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN BUILDING A STRONG H5 RIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. A WEAK CDFNT WILL TRY TO PENETRATE THE REGION NEXT MON-THU. SCHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD FOR NOW WITH NO MENTION IN TEXT PRODUCTS. ROSA .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:10 AM EDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>056-WVZ048>055-070800- ALBEMARLE VA-ALLEGANY MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-AUGUSTA VA-BERKELEY WV- CALVERT MD-CARROLL MD-CHARLES MD-CLARKE VA-CULPEPER VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-FAUQUIER VA-FREDERICK VA- FREDERICK MD-GRANT WV-GREENE VA-HAMPSHIRE WV-HARDY WV-HARFORD MD- HIGHLAND VA-HOWARD MD-JEFFERSON WV-LOUDOUN VA-MADISON VA-MINERAL WV- MONTGOMERY MD-MORGAN WV-NELSON VA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-ORANGE VA- PAGE VA-PENDLETON WV-PRINCE GEORGES MD- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA-RAPPAHANNOCK VA- ROCKINGHAM VA-SHENANDOAH VA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD-SPOTSYLVANIA VA- ST. MARYS MD-STAFFORD VA-WARREN VA-WASHINGTON MD- 1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON DC. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 36 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.