Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1992

Tornado Warning 11, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 28, 1992Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1992, 6:04 PM EDT for Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1992, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Harford County, MD

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 tornado 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, Aug 28, 1:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MDZ001>006-282100

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
350 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND TIL 8PM...
  ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FROM THE REMMANTS OF TROPICAL DEPREESION
ANDREW AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PENNSYL-
VANIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS NOW INTO WESTERN CARROLL AND WESTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN IS MOVING INTO CHARLES CO.
IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS HEADING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE LOW CENTER OVER EASTCENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
GARRETT AND ALLEGHANY COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING...AS THE GREATEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS. HOW-
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE OCCURRING THROUGH THE AREA...AND SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHNING.
THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THE MALT-
IMORE AND WASHINGTON METRO AREAS. WESTMINSTER IN CARROLL COUNTY
REPORTS 35 MPH WIND GUSTS IN ASSOCATION WITH AN AREA OF RAIN MOVING
THROUGH THEIR COUNTY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS...
UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS...PART-
ICULARILY DURING THIS EVENING RUSH HOUR SHOULD TAKE CARE...AS THE
SCATTERED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS CAN MAKE FOR RAPID DETERORIATION OF
VISIBILITY.
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SLOWLY EARLY TONIGHT AS AN ACCOMPANYING COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE STATE FROM WEST TO EAST...REACHING THE ATLANTIC
COAST EARLY SATURDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SjERVICE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THIS
EVENT AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARR-
ENT. STAY TUNED IN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STA-
TIONS TO RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MDZ001>006-282100

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
350 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND TIL 8PM...
  ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FROM THE REMMANTS OF TROPICAL DEPREESION
ANDREW AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PENNSYL-
VANIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS NOW INTO WESTERN CARROLL AND WESTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN IS MOVING INTO CHARLES CO.
IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS HEADING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE LOW CENTER OVER EASTCENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
GARRETT AND ALLEGHANY COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING...AS THE GREATEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS. HOW-
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE OCCURRING THROUGH THE AREA...AND SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHNING.
THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THE MALT-
IMORE AND WASHINGTON METRO AREAS. WESTMINSTER IN CARROLL COUNTY
REPORTS 35 MPH WIND GUSTS IN ASSOCATION WITH AN AREA OF RAIN MOVING
THROUGH THEIR COUNTY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS...
UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS...PART-
ICULARILY DURING THIS EVENING RUSH HOUR SHOULD TAKE CARE...AS THE
SCATTERED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS CAN MAKE FOR RAPID DETERORIATION OF
VISIBILITY.
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SLOWLY EARLY TONIGHT AS AN ACCOMPANYING COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE STATE FROM WEST TO EAST...REACHING THE ATLANTIC
COAST EARLY SATURDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER StERVICE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THIS
EVENT AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARR-
ENT. STAY TUNED IN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STA-
TIONS TO RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES.
DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington41 min
Aug 28, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Howard46 min
Aug 28, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore50 min
Aug 28, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel26 min
Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCaroline, Dorchester50 min
Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore35 min
Aug 28, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCity of Baltimore31 min
Aug 28, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKent, Queen Anne's33 min
Aug 28, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCecil, Harford30 min
Aug 28, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKent, Queen Anne's25 min
Aug 28, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXWorcester30 min
Aug 28, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXWicomico32 min
Aug 28, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBerkeley, Jefferson51 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.