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Special Weather Statement, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 8, 2013Rappahannock County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2013, 2:21 PM EDT for Rappahannock County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 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: May 8, 2013, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2013, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

County Rappahannock County, VA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 8, 10:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 1:51 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 2:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 2:21 PM EDT, 0 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
May 7, 9:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange	3 hr
May 7, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke	62 hr
May 8, 3:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	2 hr
May 8, 3:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more	2 hr
May 8, 7:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	12 hr
May 8, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham	18 hr
May 8, 8:40 AM EDT	Flood Watch	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 17 more	10 hr
May 8, 10:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah, Warren	3 hr
May 8, 11:04 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	23 hr
May 8, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Loudoun	29 min
May 8, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick	26 min
May 8, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Warren	32 min
May 8, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah	4 hr
May 8, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		89 min
May 8, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Warren	27 min
May 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	38 min
May 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Clarke	29 min
May 8, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	32 min
May 8, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Winchester	26 min
May 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester	35 min
May 8, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX		28 min
May 8, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Fairfax	25 min
May 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	3 hr
May 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax	48 min
May 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	3 hr
May 7, 8:34 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	10 hr
May 8, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick	32 min
May 8, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	36 min
May 8, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Calvert	35 min
May 8, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	32 min
May 8, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Charles	37 min
May 8, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Baltimore	35 min
May 8, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore	36 min
May 8, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince George's	32 min
May 8, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	34 min
May 8, 4:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	City of Baltimore	3 hr
May 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Baltimore	24 min
May 8, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	36 min
May 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Montgomery	33 min
May 7, 11:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	3 hr
May 8, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Hampshire	20 hr
May 8, 11:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	26 hr
May 8, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Morgan	34 min
May 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Morgan	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.