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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 318, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 5, 2021Washington County, Maryland; Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT for Washington County, Maryland; Berkeley County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Washington County, MD, Berkeley County, WV, Morgan County, WV

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 Aug 5, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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 5, 12:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		7 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2021 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2021 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.