A cold front moved into the Mid Atlantic region on June 29th. With afternoon heat and humidity in place, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours.
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The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A cold front moved into the Mid Atlantic region on June 29th. With afternoon heat and humidity in place, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours. Damaging winds brought down some trees in Warren and Rappahannock Counties in north central Virginia.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 7:58 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 858 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A COUPLE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEN...COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY SAG INTO THE REGION FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SINCE THE WARNED STORM IN BALTIMORE A FEW HOURS AGO...CONVECTION HAS BEEN QUIET ACROSS OUR CWA. HOWEVER...ONE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING OUR WESTERN CWA AT 830 PM...AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BAND RIGHT BEHIND IT. BOTH BANDS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE WIND FIELD/SHEAR ARE BETTER THAN EARLIER...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A THREAT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH THIS IN MIND...WITH COORD WITH SPC...WILL KEEP THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UP. WILL TAPER POPS FROM LIKELY TO CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/... SCT SHRAS POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS H5 TROF PIVOTS EWD. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW A MID-LVL CAP AROUND 650 MB WHICH SHOULD PREVENT SHOWERS FROM GROWING INTO TSTMS. SO REMOVED TSTM MENTION. LESS HUMID THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... JUL LOOKS TO BEGIN W/ SOME VERY PLSNT WX. UPR TROF WL BE COMING THRU THE RGN MON NGT..WHICH COULD TRIGGER SOME ISOLD RW. FNT WL MOVE OF THE CST TUE. XPCT TO SEE OPEN CELL CU TUE AFTN...PSBLY A FEW STRAY RW BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A CWA-WIDE POP. HIGHS IN L80S E OF MTNS...DWPTS IN 50S. VERY NICE. AND THE NICE WX SHOULD PERSIST ON WED..PERHAPS A FEW DEGS WARMER AS ERN TROF BEGINS TO LIFT OUT...BUT NO POPS. THU SHOULD BE QUITE SIMILAR TO WED. JURY REMAINS OUT ON THE POSN OF A WK CD FNT COMING DOWN FM THE N FOR THE 4TH...AND FOR HOW MUCH OF THE WKND WL THAT RMN IN THE AREA. MAN PROGS THINK MUCH OF THE WKND. REGARDLESS I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE HOLIDAY WKND WL BE PC/PS. WE HV CHC POPS IN THE FCST FRI AFTN-SUN AFTN. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A BAND OR TWO OF CONVECTION CAN AFFECT TERMINALS...EXCEPT PERHAPS KCHO...OVERNIGHT. THIS WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE 00Z TAFS. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION TO THE WEST BY MONDAY MORNING. MVFR FOG ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY. IN XTND VFR CONDS MON NGT-THU. && .MARINE... A FEW OBS WERE FLIRTING WITH SCA WINDS LATE THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP THE SCA HEADLINE AS IS...ENDING AT 2 AM. WE ARE NOT XPCTG ANY PROBS ON THE WATERS MON NGT-THU NGT. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ANZ530>537. && PELOQUIN/ROSA/WOODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 849 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 301000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 849 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A COUPLE OF BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS EVENING. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY THROUGH 2 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051- WVZ050>055-501>504-301000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON- HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 849 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A COUPLE OF BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS EVENING. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 824 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 WVZ055-501-502-300130- HARDY WV-WESTERN GRANT WV-EASTERN GRANT WV- 824 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HARDY AND GRANT COUNTIES... AT 824 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STREBY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF MOOREFIELD...CABINS...BAKER AND MOUNT STORM WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 913 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 MDZ003-502-VAZ027-028-WVZ050>052-055-504-300215- WASHINGTON MD-SHENANDOAH VA-HARDY WV-HAMPSHIRE WV-BERKELEY WV- MORGAN WV-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY MD-EASTERN MINERAL WV- FREDERICK VA- 913 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT WASHINGTON...SHENANDOAH...HARDY... HAMPSHIRE...BERKELEY...MORGAN...ALLEGANY...MINERAL AND FREDERICK COUNTIES... AT 913 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF BELLEGROVE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF INKERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF ROMNEY...SLANESVILLE...DELRAY...CAPON BRIDGE...HANCOCK AND STRASBURG WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 941 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 VAZ026-027-029-300215- PAGE VA-SHENANDOAH VA-ROCKINGHAM VA- 941 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT PAGE...SHENANDOAH AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 941 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERGTON TO 9 MILES WEST OF RAWLEY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF BRIDGEWATER...DALE ENTERPRISE...BROADWAY... TIMBERVILLE...NEW MARKET AND MOUNT JACKSON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 952 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 MDZ017-300245- ST. MARYS MD- 952 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ST. MARYS COUNTY... AT 952 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PINEY POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF PARK HALL...SAINT INIGOES...DAMERON AND LEXINGTON PARK WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1014 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 VAZ026>030-040-WVZ055-300315- PAGE VA-RAPPAHANNOCK VA-WARREN VA-SHENANDOAH VA-HARDY WV- ROCKINGHAM VA-FREDERICK VA- 1014 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT PAGE...RAPPAHANNOCK...WARREN... SHENANDOAH...HARDY...ROCKINGHAM AND FREDERICK COUNTIES... AT 1014 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTH OF LOST RIVER TO JEROME TO 4 MILES NORTH OF TIMBERVILLE TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULKS RUN...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF MOUNT JACKSON...BROADWAY...TIMBERVILLE...STRASBURG AND LURAY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1015 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 MDZ003-VAZ028-031-WVZ052-053-300300- WASHINGTON MD-CLARKE VA-JEFFERSON WV-BERKELEY WV-FREDERICK VA- 1015 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT WASHINGTON...CLARKE...JEFFERSON... BERKELEY AND FREDERICK COUNTIES... AT 1015 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GERRARDSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF MARTINSBURG...RANSON...CHARLES TOWN AND SHEPHERDSTOWN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. GMS
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:53 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Warren County Emergency Management reported a tree down near Browntown.
Law enforcement reported a tree down on Brown Avenue near Front Royal.
Rappahannock County Emergency Management reported a tree down near Castleton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 108725, 108727, 108728.