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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2026, 6:08 PM EDT for Albemarle County, Augusta County, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2026, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Albemarle County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Rockingham County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Garrett | 80 min |
| Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Garrett | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Garrett | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 32 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.