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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 8, 2026King George County, Virginia; Charles County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT for King George County, Virginia; Charles County, Maryland. It was in force for 63 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 8, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Charles County, MD, King George County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX21 hr
Aug 8, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX67 min
Aug 8, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX88 min
Aug 8, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah42 min
Aug 8, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage, Rockingham, Shenandoah40 min
Aug 8, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester59 min
Aug 8, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock46 min
Aug 8, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier39 min
Aug 8, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier68 min
Aug 8, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX113 min
Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg60 min
Aug 8, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX45 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, Loudoun35 min
Aug 8, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWXStafford28 min
Aug 8, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX53 min
Aug 8, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCecil, Harford57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.