Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1992, 2:55 PM EDT for Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Aug 4, 1992, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prince George's County, MD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Prince George'S, MD | |
| Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Prince George'S, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 KWBC 041856 TORWBC MDC033-041930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC 255 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ...SOUTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR AT STERLING INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO APPROACHING SOUTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. 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.
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
Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
WBCLSRBWI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE, MD
STORM REPORT
1220PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM STORM DAMAGE OF JULY 31 1992
DATE/TIME LOCATION/EVENT
31/2115UTC HOWARD COUNTY-WEST FRIENDSHIP,ELLICOTT CITY...
LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN, AN INCH AND A
QUARTER OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
31/2255UTC TALBOT COUNTY/NORTHEAST SECTION...LARGE TREES DOWN,
A COUPLE OF HOUSES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
DAVIS
HThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll | 69 min |
| Aug 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.