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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 24, 2013Loudoun County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 3:06 PM EDT for Loudoun County, Virginia; 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: Jun 24, 2013, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Loudoun County, VA, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 24, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 24, 2:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1040 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

0909 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW FRANKLIN           38.60N  79.37W
06/23/2013                   PENDLETON          WV   911 CALL CENTER

            SMALL TREE ACROSS ONE LANE OF PETERSBURG PIKE ABOUT 3
            TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300479

KLW

Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1107 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

0910 PM     HAIL             FRANKLIN                38.65N  79.33W
06/23/2013  E0.75 INCH       PENDLETON          WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300480

KLW

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
110 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

1254 PM     HAIL             1 ENE SPRING GAP        39.57N  78.70W
06/24/2013  E1.25 INCH       ALLEGANY           MD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300481

KLW

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
149 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

0123 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W PLEASANT VALLEY     39.71N  78.69W
06/24/2013                   ALLEGANY           MD   PUBLIC

            FEW TREE BRANCHES ABOUT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN
            DIAMETER DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300482

KLW

Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:15 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
215 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE SPRING GAP         39.58N  78.70W
06/24/2013                   ALLEGANY           MD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FEW LARGE TREES ABOUT 12 TO 14 INCHES IN DIAMETER
            BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES NEAR RECKLEY SPRING LN SE AND
            BRICE HOLLOW RD SE

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1300483

KLW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham	47 min
Jun 23, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	46 min
Jun 24, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	51 min
Jun 24, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	50 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun	50 min
Jun 24, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Jun 24, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	39 min
Jun 24, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, Stafford	39 min
Jun 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Jun 24, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Jun 24, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		65 min
Jun 24, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Jun 24, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Allegany	51 min
Jun 24, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Allegany, Washington	56 min
Jun 24, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Charles, Prince George's	48 min
Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Saint Mary's	37 min
Jun 23, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Pendleton	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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.