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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT for Fauquier County, Prince William County, Stafford County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 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
- May 28, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fauquier County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Stafford County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 28, 3:07 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:07 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:06 AM EDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 506 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 291000- 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- 506 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 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 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONSHORE FLOW...THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXISTS ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-291000- 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- 506 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 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 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 12:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1224 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW WASHINGTON GROVE 39.15N 77.18W
05/27/2014 MONTGOMERY MD TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE ONTO APARTMENT COMPLEX ALONG GIRARD ST NEAR
VICTORY FARM DR
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400347
KLWLocal storm report, May 28, 12:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1226 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E GAITHERSBURG 39.14N 77.20W
05/27/2014 MONTGOMERY MD TRAINED SPOTTER
BROKEN TREE LIMBS ONTO BROOKES AVE NEAR RUSSELL AVE
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400348
KLWLocal storm report, May 28, 12:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1229 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE GERMANTOWN 39.17N 77.24W
05/27/2014 MONTGOMERY MD 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ACROSS SEVERAL POWER LINES ON RT 355 JUST
SOUTH OF PLUMMER DR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400349
KLWLocal storm report, May 28, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1241 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0718 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE THE PLAINS 38.87N 77.74W
05/27/2014 FAUQUIER VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ALONG HOPEWELL RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400350
KLWLocal storm report, May 28, 12:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1244 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0602 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW WALKERSVILLE 39.47N 77.37W
05/27/2014 FREDERICK MD 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND LOTS OF DEBRIS ACROSS RETREAT RD NEAR
FOUNTAIN ROCK RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400351
KLWLocal storm report, May 28, 3:16 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 87 min | |
| May 27, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 66 min | |
| May 28, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, King George, Prince William, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.