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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 8, 1990Baltimore County, Carroll County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:27 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Carroll County, Maryland. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:42 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
MDZ001>007- 082130

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
 430 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MARYLAND EXCEPT
FOR GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES AND THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE UNTIL
1100 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN AND CLOSEO
TO THE COUNTIES THAT ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 430 PM EDT RADAR AT PATUXENT RIVER WAS SHOWING A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST FROM PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS THE
THE MARYLAND BORDER INTO NORTHERN FREDERICK AND CARROLL COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE WHILE MOVING THROUGH
PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES
BEING DOWNED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DURING THE TIME THE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT.

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Washington60 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Montgomery61 min
Jun 8, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCecil, Harford93 min
Jun 8, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard57 min

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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.