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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 6, 2020Spotsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2020, 6:20 PM EDT for Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 6, 2020, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Spotsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 Jun 6, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 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
Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		57 min
Jun 6, 5:06 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock	3 hr
Jun 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 hr
Jun 6, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		58 min
Jun 6, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		37 min
Jun 6, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		56 min
Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	46 min
Jun 5, 8:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Montgomery	2 hr
Jun 5, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel	6 hr

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.