Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT for Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Temple Hills, MD | The strongest tornado, containing estimated winds of 150 mph, caused substantial damage, and several injuries, at a Temple Hills neighborhood. Three persons sustained minor injuries requiring a short hospital stay; 17 others reported cuts and abrasions. In a |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KWBC 060053 TORWBC MDC033-060130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC 852 PM EDT THU OCT 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ...PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER DOPPLER RADAR AT STERLING INDICATED A TORNADO IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR CLINTON AND WILL MOVE RAPDILY NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MPH. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD BOWIE. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 15 min |
| Oct 5, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.