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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 21, 2008Allegany County, Washington County, Maryland; Hampshire County, Mineral County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2008, 10:42 PM EDT for Allegany County, Washington County, Maryland; Hampshire County, Mineral County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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 21, 2008, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2008, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allegany County, MD, Washington County, MD, Hampshire County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV

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 21, 10:22 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 10:22 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:49 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:35 PM EDT, 7 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 21, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	48 min
Jul 22, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		112 min
Jul 22, 10:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		116 min
Jul 22, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		114 min
Jul 22, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		34 min
Jul 21, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Allegany	64 min
Jul 22, 10:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Charles, Prince George's	45 min
Jul 22, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert, Saint Mary's	44 min
Jul 21, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.