Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 6:29 PM EDT for Culpeper County, Madison County, Orange County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2008, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Culpeper County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Culpeper, VA | |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Culpeper, VA | |
| Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | Stevensburg, VA | EF-1 TORNADO INITIAL TOUCHDOWN IN NEAR STEVENSBURG. MAX WINDS 95 MPH...WIDTH 100 YDS. |
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Lignum, VA | EF-1 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN STEVENSBURG LIFTED JUST NW OF LIGNUM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KLWX 042229 TORLWX VAC047-113-137-042315- /O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0021.080604T2229Z-080604T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 629 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA... EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES WEST OF CULPEPER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CULPEPER... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3859 7789 3835 7781 3831 7821 3848 7829 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 249DEG 35KT 3844 7813 $$ RDH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| Jun 4, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 81 min | |
| Jun 4, 4:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 4, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Madison, Page, Rappahannock and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Madison, Prince William and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 81 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 116 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, City of Fairfax and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 80 min |
| Jun 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 90 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 92 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison and 9 more | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Madison, Nelson and 7 more | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 87 min | |
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Stafford | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Orange | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 117 min | |
| Jun 4, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 106 min | |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.