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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 8, 1990Cecil County, Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:27 PM EDT for Cecil County, Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 93 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

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 Cecil County, MD, Harford County, MD

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 6:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Harford, MD
Jun 8, 6:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Harford, MD
Jun 8, 7:00 PM EDTHail 1.5Harford, MD
Jun 8, 7:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cecil, MD

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBWI 082227
SVRBWI
MDC013-005-025-015-090000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD
627 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
      CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CARROLL...EASTERN BALTIMORE...
      HARFORD...CECIL...NORTHERN ADJACENT CHESAPEAKE BAY

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS..SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

PLEASE REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO PASS THE REPORT ALONG TO A WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

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 WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll93 min
Jun 8, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.