Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 15, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 11, 1995Charles County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 8:08 PM EST for Charles County, Maryland. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 8:45 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Charles County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
786 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
Nov 11, 8:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSaint Mary's32 min
Nov 11, 8:58 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXCalvert32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.