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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 13, 2013King George County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT for King George County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon

County King George County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Shiloh, VASEVEN LARGE TREES DOWN ON PROPERTY.
Jun 13, 3:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Shiloh, VATHREE TREES DOWN ON GOLF COURSE DUE TO WIND. ONE TREE DOWN DUE TO LIGHTNING.
Jun 13, 3:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Rollins Fork, VAONE LARGE 2-3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED FACING NORTH.
Jun 13, 3:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Rollins Fork, VATREE TOPPED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RANGERWOOD BLVD AND GAELIC CIRCLE.
Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se King George, VATREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF VA HWY 3 AND US HWY 301
Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Lambs Creek, VAONE TREE DOWN BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE.
Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Jersey, VATREES DOWN IN PORT CONWAY VA NEAR US HWY 301
Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Ese Lambs Creek, VA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

577 
WFUS51 KLWX 131901
TORLWX
VAC099-131930-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0013.130613T1901Z-130613T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
301 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KING GEORGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 258 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS OVER NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  POTOMAC CREEK...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NINDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. IF OUTDOORS OR IN A MOBILE HOME OR
VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS STORM ALSO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS.

&&

LAT...LON 3816 7709 3815 7712 3816 7717 3820 7722
      3818 7725 3823 7725 3824 7723 3825 7727
      3822 7729 3824 7732 3829 7734 3835 7716
      3837 7713 3837 7709 3840 7706 3835 7701
      3831 7702 3828 7699 3826 7704 3814 7707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 246DEG 59KT 3826 7720

$$

LEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX118 min
Jun 13, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX40 min
Jun 13, 6:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester52 min
Jun 13, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Harrisonburg47 min
Jun 13, 7:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more38 min
Jun 13, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX84 min
Jun 13, 8:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham and 2 more49 min
Jun 13, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX88 min
Jun 13, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX66 min
Jun 13, 9:16 AM EDTGale WarningLWX21 hr
Jun 13, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX89 min
Jun 13, 9:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX51 min
Jun 13, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Nelson56 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXRockingham68 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville48 min
Jun 13, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson49 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson4 hr
Jun 13, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more80 min
Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg45 min
Jun 13, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania47 min
Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX56 min
Jun 13, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg36 min
Jun 13, 2:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg3 hr
Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX85 min
Jun 13, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Warren49 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Loudoun3 hr
Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX88 min
Jun 13, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun37 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church61 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX66 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX87 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Jun 13, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX88 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXLoudoun4 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.