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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 2, 2018Grant County, Mineral County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT for Grant County, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was in force for 17 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 2, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2018, 1:14 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, WV, Mineral County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 2, 12:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 12:07 PM EDT, 50 minutes 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
Jul 2, 1:40 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more	30 hr
Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	44 min
Jul 2, 12:05 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	LWX	Baltimore, City of Baltimore	8 hr
Jul 2, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant	30 min
Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy	41 min
Jul 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Hardy	2 hr
Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.