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Special Weather Statement, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT for Hardy 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
County Hardy County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 10:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 10:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 528 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 161000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 528 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-161000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 528 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 217 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 VAZ026-WVZ506-151845- EASTERN PENDLETON WV-ROCKINGHAM VA- 217 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EASTERN EASTERN PENDLETON AND WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 216 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OAK FLAT... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE RAWLEY SPRINGS...BRANDYWINE AND OAK FLAT. 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. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3863 7895 3845 7910 3864 7931 3873 7920 TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 311DEG 16KT 3863 7919 GMS
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
221 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
WVZ050-055-502-151900-
HARDY WV-HAMPSHIRE WV-EASTERN GRANT WV-
221 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HARDY...SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE AND
EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...
AT 220 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF MCNEILL TO 4 MILES NORTH OF FISHER TO
ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MOOREFIELD...RIO...OIL FIELDS AND BEAN
SETTLEMENT.
THESE STORMS ARE 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 THESE STORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE
MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3919 7858 3903 7874 3893 7900 3909 7922
3914 7910 3925 7888
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 289DEG 12KT 3921 7888 3910 7900
3907 7912
GMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 114 min | |
| Aug 14, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| Aug 14, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Page | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rockingham | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 105 min |
| Aug 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Warren | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Rockingham | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | City of Charlottesville | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Culpeper | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Orange | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Orange | 21 min |
| Aug 15, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Spotsylvania | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Nelson | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 51 min | |
| Aug 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Carroll | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Harford | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, City of Baltimore | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, City of Baltimore | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Carroll | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 115 min |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | City of Baltimore | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 33 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.