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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 5, 2020Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2020, 2:14 PM EDT for Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 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 5, 2020, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Harford County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 5, 9:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 9:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 1:41 PM EDT, 33 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 5, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison	39 min
Jul 5, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		98 min
Jul 5, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Madison	52 min
Jul 5, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	20 min
Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock	44 min
Jul 5, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	38 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Rappahannock	29 min
Jul 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		42 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange, Spotsylvania	32 min
Jul 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Rappahannock, Warren	16 min
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		67 min
Jul 5, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson	25 min
Jul 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle	41 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, Stafford	48 min
Jul 5, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		61 min
Jul 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		57 min
Jul 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Warren	22 min
Jul 5, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	52 min
Jul 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Highland	45 min
Jul 5, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle	26 min
Jul 5, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		53 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		54 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, Stafford	32 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	50 min
Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Highland	35 min
Jul 5, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		35 min
Jul 5, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	23 min
Jul 5, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	48 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		53 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta	52 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	30 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	48 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta	23 min
Jul 5, 1:49 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Saint Mary's, City of Baltimore	10 hr
Jul 5, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Harford	45 min
Jul 5, 3:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Harford	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	52 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore	39 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore	51 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Prince George's	40 min

Nearby

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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.