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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 25, 20195 counties in Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2019, 11:03 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 42 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: May 25, 2019, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2019, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD

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 May 25, 9:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:33 PM EDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
333 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019

ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-261030-
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-
333 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019

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...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail
are possible Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required Sunday.

MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053-
055-501>506-261030-
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-
333 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019

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...This Afternoon and Tonight

An isolated severe thunderstorm with damaging winds is possible
this afternoon and evening. The greatest risk of a severe
thunderstorm is near and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail
are possible Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required Sunday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 9:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 9:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 9:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 10:04 PM EDT, 59 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
May 25, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, Stafford	33 min
May 26, 2:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		93 min
May 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Orange	31 min
May 26, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle	20 min
May 26, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange, Spotsylvania	42 min
May 26, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		87 min
May 26, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		46 min
May 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle	28 min
May 26, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	20 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		53 min
May 26, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		55 min
May 26, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	52 min
May 26, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		29 min
May 26, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		43 min
May 26, 3:29 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Saint Mary's, City of Baltimore	13 hr
May 26, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's	12 min
May 26, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Washington	50 min
May 25, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant	34 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.