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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 27, 1994Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1994, 9:54 PM EDT for Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1994, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1994, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Harford County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1994-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1994-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert33 min
Jul 27, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince George's26 min
Jul 27, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKent28 min
Jul 27, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHarford31 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.