Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2008, 5:21 PM EDT for Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland. It was in force for 28 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
- May 21, 2008, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2008, 5:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, MD, Fairfax County, VA, Loudoun County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| May 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 71 min | |
| May 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 113 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2008Every 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.