Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1994, 4:01 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Howard County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baltimore County, MD, Howard County, MD
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KWBC 252006 TORWBC MDC027-005-252030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC 401 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND ...SOUTHEAST HOWARD COUNTY ...SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE COUNTY A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR CATONSVILLE IN HOWARD COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS JUST WEST OF THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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, Jul 25, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
MDZ005>025-251840- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 1.30PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN NEAR THE BEACHES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAT AT 1.20PM WAS INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE. AT PRESENT A DEVELOPING SHOWER IS OVER OF OCEAN CITY MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS SHOWER WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP INTO A THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC. OVER SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES INTO VIRGINIA LOWER EASTERN SHORE MORE SHOWERS ARE BEING OBSERVED ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR POCOMOKE SOUND. THIS AREA IS ALSO MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE OUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SAVE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FIGUEROA
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MDZ005>025-252000- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 2.30PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERING ALL OF MARYLAND TIL 9PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST OFFICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF MARYLAND INCLUDING THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF PATUXENT RIVER. AT 2.20PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PATUXENT RIVER WAS INDICATING SHOW- ERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN SHORE. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. AT PRESENT THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS LOCATED OVER VIRGINIA'S UPPER EAST- ERN SHORE JUST WEST OF CHINCOTEAGUE AND MOVING IN A GENERALLY EASTERLY DIRECTION...WHICH SHOULD KEEP IT SOUTH OF WORCESTER COUNTY. THROUGH MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSS- IBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING. AND FURTHER TO THE WEST...OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND THUNDER- STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER WILL BE AFFECTING THE EASTERN SHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN NOTED OR REPORTED ON THE EASTERN SHORE... BUT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHNING. KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE OUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND IF THREAT- ENING CONDITIONS APPROACH SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ON YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FIGUEROA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.