Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 299
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties
New Castle County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Caswell County, NC, Granville County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Salem County, NJ, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 53 min |
| May 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Powhatan | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 37 min |
| May 26, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 28 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 22 min |
| May 26, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 20 min |
| May 26, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 22 min |
| May 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 20 min |
| May 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 27 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 55 min |
| May 26, 12:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 95 min |
| May 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll | 2 hr |
| May 26, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Watauga | 85 min |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 27 more | 63 min |
| May 26, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga and 1 more | 93 min |
| May 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 72 more | 97 min |
| May 26, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Clarke, Craig and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mason | 7 hr |
| May 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mason | 87 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.