SKYWARN · Virginia · Maryland · West Virginia · District of Columbia

NWS Sterling LWX

59 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #va-wx #md-wx #wv-wx #dc-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:28 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KLWX interactive ↗ · KLWX at College of DuPage ↗ · KDOX interactive ↗ · KDOX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by LWX so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Sterling yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Sterling yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

16 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.400 MHz KEC83 · Baltimorecovers Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, City of Baltimore, Frederick (E), Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Queen Annes, Talbot · 1000 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.475 MHz KEC92 · Salisburycovers Calvert (SOUTHEAST), Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Annes, Somerset, St. Marys (EAST), Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester · 1000 W · NWS Wakefield

162.550 MHz KHB36 · Manassascovers Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince Georges, St. Marys (NW) · 1010 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.475 MHz KIH28 · Philadelphiacovers Cecil (NE) · 1000 W · NWS Philadelphia/Mt Holly

162.500 MHz KWN36 · Greggs Knobcovers Garrett (ALL) · 329 W · NWS Pittsburgh

162.450 MHz KXI73 · Backbone Mountaincovers Barbour, Grant, Preston, Randolph, Tucker · 145 W · NWS Pittsburgh

162.450 MHz KZZ28 · Covesvillecovers Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte (NORTHEAST), City of Charlottesville, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, L… · 980 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.425 MHz WNG704 · Hibernia Parkcovers Cecil · 790 W · NWS Philadelphia/Mt Holly

162.450 MHz WNG736 · Washington DCcovers Anne Arundel, Charles, Howard, Montgomery, Prince Georges · 300 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.475 MHz WXK65 · Richmondcovers Amelia, Caroline (Not NE Tip), Charles City, Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Fredericksburg, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond, Cumberland (Central/E), Dinwiddie, Fluvanna (E 1/2),… · 1000 W · NWS Wakefield

162.500 MHz WXK97 · Sudlersvillecovers Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, City of Baltimore, Dorchester, Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Annes, Talbot · 1100 W · NWS Philadelphia/Mt Holly

162.475 MHz WXM42 · Hagerstowncovers Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy (NE), Jefferson, Mineral (CENTRAL/E), Morgan · 1000 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.425 MHz WXM43 · Frostburgcovers Allegany, Garrett, Washington · 300 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.400 MHz WXM57 · Heathsvillecovers Somerset, St. Marys · 1000 W · NWS Wakefield

162.400 MHz WXM73 · Moorefieldcovers Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton (NE 1/2) · 500 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

162.425 MHz WZ2527 · Fredericksburgcovers Caroline, City of Fredericksburg, City of Manassas Park, City of Manassas, Culpeper, Essex, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland · 300 W · NWS Baltimore/Washington

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Sterling. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #va-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Sterling · 59

DCC001 District of Columbia

MDC001 Allegany

MDC003 Anne Arundel

MDC005 Baltimore

MDC009 Calvert

MDC013 Carroll

MDC015 Cecil

MDC017 Charles

MDC021 Frederick

MDC023 Garrett

MDC025 Harford

MDC027 Howard

MDC031 Montgomery

MDC033 Prince Georges

MDC037 St. Marys

MDC043 Washington

MDC510 Baltimore City

VAC003 Albemarle

VAC013 Arlington

VAC015 Augusta

VAC043 Clarke

VAC047 Culpeper

VAC059 Fairfax

VAC061 Fauquier

VAC069 Frederick

VAC079 Greene

VAC091 Highland

VAC099 King George

VAC107 Loudoun

VAC113 Madison

VAC125 Nelson

VAC137 Orange

VAC139 Page

VAC153 Prince William

VAC157 Rappahannock

VAC165 Rockingham

VAC171 Shenandoah

VAC177 Spotsylvania

VAC179 Stafford

VAC187 Warren

VAC510 City of Alexandria

VAC540 City of Charlottesville

VAC600 City of Fairfax

VAC610 City of Falls Church

VAC630 City of Fredericksburg

VAC660 City of Harrisonburg

VAC683 City of Manassas

VAC685 City of Manassas Park

VAC790 City of Staunton

VAC820 City of Waynesboro

VAC840 City of Winchester

WVC003 Berkeley

WVC023 Grant

WVC027 Hampshire

WVC031 Hardy

WVC037 Jefferson

WVC057 Mineral

WVC065 Morgan

WVC071 Pendleton