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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 554, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 17, 2019King George County, Prince William County, Stafford County, Virginia; Charles County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT for King George County, Prince William County, Stafford County, Virginia; Charles County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 17, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Charles County, MD, King George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 Aug 17, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 3:55 PM EDT, 18 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
Aug 17, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		89 min
Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		65 min
Aug 17, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		41 min
Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		80 min
Aug 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford	35 min
Aug 17, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Harford	52 min
Aug 17, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, City of Baltimore	46 min
Aug 17, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's	44 min
Aug 17, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.