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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 5, 1995Anne Arundel County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 9:27 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

County Anne Arundel County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Odenton To, MD	The third tornado associated with the parent mesocyclone touched down in residential Odenton (at F0), strengthened (to F1) as it continued through Severn, the weakened rapidly before lifting in south Glen Burnie. The tornado destroyed an aluminum carport, rip
Oct 5, 9:32 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Arnold, MD	A bow-echo, racing well east ahead of the Charles-Prince Georges-west Anne Arundel County mesocyclone, produced a short-lived gustnado/waterspout along the Magothy River in Arnold. Minor tree and structural damage was noted at two residences, while an automob

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KWBC 060127
TORWBC
MDC003-060200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
927 PM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST MARYLAND
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR BOWIE IN EASTERN
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. AT 915...ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE PERSONNEL
REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM IS RACING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH FORT MEADE...SEVERN...AND
GLEN BURNIE BY 945 PM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR :CULVERT.
 
 
 
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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, 8:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Prince George's	38 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.