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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 14, 2026Albemarle County, Greene County, Rockingham County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2026, 5:02 PM EDT for Albemarle County, Greene County, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2026, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Greene County, VA, Rockingham County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Rockingham35 min
Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville26 min
Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Rockingham22 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville29 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage, Rockingham, Shenandoah31 min
Aug 14, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene30 min
Aug 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville30 min
Aug 14, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville24 min
Aug 14, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania26 min
Aug 14, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSpotsylvania32 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.