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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 5, 1995Baltimore County, Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1995, 10:09 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baltimore County, MD, Harford County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1995-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 937 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KWBC 060210
TORWBC
MDC005-025-060245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
1009 PM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND
 
   ...HARFORD COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR GUN POWDER FALLS STATE PARK AND
THIS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH TOWARD BELAIR IN HARFORD COUNTY.
 
THIS SAME STORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN CHARLES AND PRINCE GEORGES
COUNTIES IN MARYLAND.
 
 
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.
 
 
JAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCharles15 min
Oct 5, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince George's38 min
Oct 5, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.