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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 4, 1996Somerset County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1996, 10:30 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 1996, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1996, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Somerset County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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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 Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWestmoreland27 min
May 4, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond52 min
May 4, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack33 min
May 4, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico56 min
May 5, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester12 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.