Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT for Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, Virginia. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 1, 10:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1013 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-021000- 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-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES- ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-SOUTHEAST HARFORD- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 1013 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREAS AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. PLEASE REFER TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH MESSAGE WBCFFALWX FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY BUT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-021000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE- GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND- WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 1013 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2015 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 THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO FLASH FLOOD MESSAGE WBCFFALWX FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED BUT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 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 31, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 1, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 4 days | |
| Jun 1, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 1, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 86 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah, Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 65 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 44 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 116 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Harford | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.