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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 16, 2007Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2007, 1:57 PM EDT for Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro, Virginia. It was in force for 78 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 16, 2007, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Albemarle County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Waynesboro, 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 Jul 16, 10:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 10:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 10:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:27 PM EDT, 30 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 16, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	75 min
Jul 16, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange	33 min
Jul 16, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		85 min
Jul 16, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		90 min
Jul 16, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		107 min
Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Warren	30 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	30 min
Jul 16, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert	27 min
Jul 16, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore	37 min
Jul 16, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Harford	55 min
Jul 16, 6:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Harford	48 min
Jul 16, 6:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Harford	119 min
Jul 16, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	38 min

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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.