Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2012, 9:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 18, 2012, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Oct 18, 9:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 9:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 18, 8:45 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 845 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 VAZ026-027-029-190115- SHENANDOAH VA-PAGE VA-ROCKINGHAM VA- 845 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SHENANDOAH...PAGE AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 846 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF LINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MOUNT JACKSON AND LURAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREE BRANCHES. TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3883 7863 3867 7844 3841 7876 3854 7893 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 222DEG 43KT 3855 7876
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 9:17 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 917 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 VAZ027-028-030-031-WVZ051>053-190145- SHENANDOAH VA-WARREN VA-CLARKE VA-MORGAN WV-JEFFERSON WV-BERKELEY WV- FREDERICK VA- 917 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SHENANDOAH...WARREN...CLARKE... MORGAN...JEFFERSON...BERKELEY AND FREDERICK COUNTIES... AT 918 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF STRASBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE STEPHENS CITY...WINCHESTER...MILLWOOD PIKE...GREENWOOD...INWOOD AND VALLEY HIGH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING...AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR SAFETY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PENNY-SIZE TO NICKEL-SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREE BRANCHES. TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3948 7827 3928 7786 3890 7833 3896 7848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 208DEG 38KT 3904 7835 KONARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 28 min |
| Oct 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Madison, Rappahannock | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 10:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Orange | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Loudoun | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Orange | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Orange | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Fauquier | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Culpeper | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 12:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 3 hr | |
| Oct 19, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas Park | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 47 min | |
| Oct 19, 3:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 26 min | |
| Oct 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 11 hr | |
| Oct 19, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 11 hr |
| Oct 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Oct 19, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 57 min |
| Oct 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 97 min | |
| Oct 19, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Oct 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 55 min |
| Oct 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Oct 18, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Carroll | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Carroll | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 46 min |
| Oct 19, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Harford | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.