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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT for Albemarle County, Nelson County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 8, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Albemarle County, VA, Nelson County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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 Apr 8, 3:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 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 |
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| Apr 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| Apr 8, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 30 min | |
| Apr 8, 2:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 18 hr | |
| Apr 8, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 73 min | |
| Apr 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Apr 8, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 29 hr | |
| Apr 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 42 hr | |
| Apr 8, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 3:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 1 more | 37 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.