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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 17, 2015Albemarle County, Augusta County, City of Charlottesville, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2015, 11:48 PM EDT for Albemarle County, Augusta County, City of Charlottesville, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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 17, 2015, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA

The radar

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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 17, 9:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 9:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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
Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		27 hr
Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	30 min
Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Jun 18, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		91 min
Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William	30 min
Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		94 min
Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Arlington, City of Falls Church	2 hr
Jun 18, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas and 1 more	42 min
Jun 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	39 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria	34 min
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		91 min
Jun 18, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Jun 18, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Jun 18, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		98 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		86 min
Jun 18, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		58 min
Jun 18, 3:12 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	35 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Howard, Montgomery	40 min
Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's	36 min
Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's	43 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's	53 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Washington	36 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.