Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT for Cecil County, Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cecil County, MD, Harford County, MD
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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBWI 282233 TORBWI MDC015-025-282300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD 630 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND ...WESTERN CECIL COUNTY...EASTERN HARFORD COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTERN HARFORD CO MOVING NORTH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DAVIS
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 35 minutes before
MDZ001>006-282000
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
1.45PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND TIL 8PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FAR WESTERN MARYLAND TIL 8PM...
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FROM THE REMMANTS OF TROPICAL DEPREESION
ANDREW AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS NOW OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PENN-
SYLVANIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS IN FREDERICK COUNTY INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA
NEAR DULLES AIRPORT. WITH ANOTHER AREA LIGHT RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MARY-
LAND. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER
HOUR.
THE LOW CENTER OVER EASTCENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOV-
ING 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 AND THE
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METRO AREAS. THE STORMS TO BE NEARING THE
BALTIMORE AREA BY 3PM SPREADING OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES DURING
THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON.
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
OVISIBILITY.
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 SERVICE 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.
FIGUEROASpecial weather statement, Aug 28, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 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 34 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Howard | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Caroline, Dorchester | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | City of Baltimore | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Harford | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Kent, Queen Anne's | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Kent, Queen Anne's | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Worcester | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Wicomico | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.