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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 27, 1995Saint Mary's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 8:41 PM EDT for Saint Mary's County, Maryland. It was in force for 19 min.

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Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Mary's County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.2

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