Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 3, 1995Charles County, Prince George's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 6:08 PM EDT for Charles County, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles County, MD, Prince George's County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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
Jun 3, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick56 min
Jun 3, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke27 min
Jun 3, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun37 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax67 min
Jun 3, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier37 min
Jun 3, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun, Prince William41 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax49 min
Jun 3, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince William47 min
Jun 3, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick39 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCarroll, Howard, Montgomery67 min
Jun 3, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXJefferson36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.