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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 11, 1996Charles County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT for Charles County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 11, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Charles County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1996-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1284 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 1996-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KWBC 120016
TORWBC
MDC017-120045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
815 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MARYLAND
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHARLES COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER
 
AT 810 PM SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A FUNNEL CLOUD CROS
NTHE TIDAL POTOMAC MIDWAY BETWEEN DAHLGREN AND COLONIAL BEACH. THE
TORNADO IS MOVING TO EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MOVE ASHORE BETWEEN
MORGANTOWN AND BANKS ODEE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHARLES COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
SMZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington49 min
Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick54 min
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXHarford115 min
Jun 12, 5:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery66 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.