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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2016, 3:05 PM EDT for Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Spotsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.1 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 Jul 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 508 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-201000- 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- 508 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-201000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-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-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT- EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- 508 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
155 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0154 PM HAIL CULPEPER 38.48N 78.01W
07/19/2016 M0.88 INCH CULPEPER VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1604499
MSELocal storm report, Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
157 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL 1 WNW CULPEPER 38.48N 78.02W
07/19/2016 M0.75 INCH CULPEPER VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1604500
MSELocal storm report, Jul 19, 2:16 PM EDT, 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 92 min | |
| Jul 19, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 15 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 25 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.