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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2026, 9:58 AM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 47 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, 2026, 9:58 AM EDT (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Albemarle County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Greene County, VA, Madison County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:31 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Highland | 38 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page and 5 more | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 10:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 10:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania and 3 more | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Mar 16, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 17 min |
| Mar 16, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 16 min |
| Mar 16, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 21 min |
| Mar 16, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 112 min | |
| Mar 16, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:03 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:03 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 14 min |
| Mar 16, 11:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Howard | 16 min |
| Mar 16, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, City of Baltimore | 8 hr |
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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.