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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 25, 2013Fairfax County, Loudoun County, City of Fairfax, Virginia; Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2013, 10:06 PM EDT for Fairfax County, Loudoun County, City of Fairfax, Virginia; Frederick County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Maryland. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 25, 2013, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, City of Fairfax, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Loudoun County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 Jun 25, 9:41 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:41 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
840 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW LEESBURG          39.11N  77.60W
06/24/2013                   LOUDOUN            VA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            10-15 LARGE TREES 18-24 INCH DIA UPROOTED LARGE LIMBS
            DOWN AND BLOCKING W AND OD TRAIL AT MILE MARKER 37.

&&

CORRECTED LOCATION

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300505

LEE

Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:37 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:55 PM EDT, 11 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
Jun 25, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	48 min
Jun 25, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	38 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		95 min
Jun 25, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		79 min
Jun 25, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	57 min
Jun 25, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		88 min
Jun 25, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		47 min
Jun 25, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		62 min
Jun 25, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		93 min
Jun 25, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Jun 26, 3:45 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		49 hr
Jun 26, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock	49 min
Jun 26, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania and 1 more	38 min
Jun 26, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		84 min
Jun 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more	44 min
Jun 26, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren	43 min
Jun 26, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren	44 min
Jun 26, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	55 min
Jun 26, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		92 min
Jun 26, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George	55 min
Jun 26, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	39 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		95 min
Jun 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		91 min
Jun 26, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		55 min
Jun 26, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		93 min
Jun 25, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick, Washington	40 min
Jun 25, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 1 more	65 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, City of Baltimore	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.