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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2025, 6:19 PM EDT for Shenandoah County, Virginia; Hardy County, West Virginia. It was in force for 11 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
- Mar 16, 2025, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Shenandoah County, VA, Hardy County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 9:11 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 16 hr | |
| Mar 16, 9:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 54 hr | |
| Mar 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 16 min |
| Mar 16, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 81 min |
| Mar 16, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Garrett | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 34 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.