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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT for Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 41 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 19, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Spotsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 Jun 19, 3:06 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:06 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 306 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...STALLING OVER THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND BRINGS AN ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY INTO THE NEXT WORK WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... AS OF 18Z...WEAK COLD FRONT IS DRAPED EAST TO TO WEST ACROSS THE CWA WITH MAIN UNSTABLE LAYER SHUNTED SOUTH OF THE CWA. HENCE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR JUST SOUTH OF OUR BORDER. UP TO 1500 J/KG MLCAPE IS OVER AREA WHERE STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRIOR MID-LEVEL CLOUD COVER ONLY BROKE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE. PRESSURE RISES AND DOWNSLOPING WLY FLOW WILL MAKE FOR GENERAL SHOWER ACTIVITY SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT/BOUNDARY STALLS SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES (HIGHS IN THE MID 80S) FRIDAY ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT. SHORTWAVE RIDES THE BOUNDARY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW...HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND RIDGES SOUTHWEST INTO THE AREA...WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY...AFTERNOON ISOLATION...AND WEAK UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION WILL SUPPORT WEAK CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIRMASS TO BUILD INTO CWA SUNDAY NIGHT CAPPING ANY PCPN DEVELOPMENT MONDAY MORNING. HIGH WILL WEAKEN ALLOWING A RETURN OF MOISTURE ON SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROF. WEAK PVA WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF PCPN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL SWEEP THROUGH CWA WEDNESDAY SUPPORTING THE ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD/ALONG THE FRONT. GENERAL SHOWERS BEHIND...PRECIP TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. LIGHT NORTH WIND TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY BEFORE BECOMING ONSHORE SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE RIDES ALONG THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE WEST/SOUTHWEST OF THE DC METROS SATURDAY. ONSHORE FLOW THEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH MORE STABLE CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... NLY FLOW 10-15 KT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH. NLY FLOW CONTINUES FRIDAY...WITH ONSHORE FLOW SATURDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. NO SCA EXPECTED AS OF NOW. && .CLIMATE... THE MORNING LOW WAS 75F AT DCA WHICH TIES THE RECORD...BUT IT WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW THIS BEFORE LOCAL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SAME THING WITH DULLES WITH THE 72F THIS MORNING LIKELY TO BE SUBCEDED THIS EVENING. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BAJ NEAR TERM...BAJ SHORT TERM...BAJ LONG TERM...CEM AVIATION...BAJ MARINE...BAJ CLIMATE...BAJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1237 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1249 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW UPPER MARLBORO 38.79N 76.78W
06/19/2014 PRINCE GEORGES MD DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN US 301 SOUTH AT OLD CRAIN HWY
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400505
SMZLocal storm report, Jun 19, 12:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1256 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 W TRACYS LANDING 38.79N 76.67W
06/19/2014 ANNE ARUNDEL MD DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN NEAR MD 4 AND TALBOT RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400506
SMZLocal storm report, Jun 19, 12:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1256 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1218 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE ELLICOTT CITY 39.28N 76.82W
06/19/2014 HOWARD MD DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE BLOCKING RIGHT LANE SOUTHBOUND US RT 29 AT US 40
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1400507
SMZLocal storm report, Jun 19, 1:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 18, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Jun 18, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 57 min | |
| Jun 18, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min | |
| Jun 19, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 19, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 63 min | |
| Jun 19, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| Jun 19, 1:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 64 min | |
| Jun 19, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 38 min | |
| Jun 19, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 53 min | |
| Jun 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Page | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 86 min | |
| Jun 19, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 104 min | |
| Jun 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 19 min |
| Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 18, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Montgomery and 2 more | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 12:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 3:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | City of Baltimore | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's | 31 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.