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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 29, 1995Prince George's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT for Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Prince George's County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta28 min
May 29, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick40 min
May 29, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle41 min
May 29, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXNelson36 min
May 29, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta41 min
May 29, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle28 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier53 min
May 29, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington34 min
May 29, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax24 min
May 29, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick48 min
May 29, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXJefferson37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.