Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1996

Tornado Warning 12, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 13, 1996Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1996, 3:13 AM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Maryland. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 13, 1996, 3:13 AM EDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1996, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 3:35 AM EDTTornado F1Dunkirk, MD

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.

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
Jul 13, 2:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg47 min
Jul 13, 3:02 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania33 min
Jul 13, 3:25 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince George's35 min
Jul 13, 5:15 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore30 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.