Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 416
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 6, 2005, 1:55 PM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2005, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline 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, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson 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, Berkeley County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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
51 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 82 min |
| Jun 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Franklin, Huntingdon | 78 min |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 80 min |
| Jun 6, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 74 min |
| Jun 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 70 min |
| Jun 6, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 70 min |
| Jun 6, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 63 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | New Castle | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 86 min |
| Jun 6, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Garrett | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 5 more | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garrett | 88 min |
| Jun 6, 10:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic and 4 more | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer | 92 min |
| Jun 6, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 19 more | 115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.