Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1996, 3:49 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Carroll County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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 19, 1996, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1996, 4:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Tyler, 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KWBC 191950 TORWBC MDC005-013-MDZ502-192025- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STERLING VA 349 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 425 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND ...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY ...SOUTHWESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY AT 349 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY STERLING DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTH OF ELDERSBURG OR 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF GAMBER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES FROM 349 PM EDT TO 425 PM EDT ... GAMBER...FINKSBURG...LOUISVILLE... ELDERSBURG...REISTERSTOWN...GLYNDON...SYKESVILLE...OAKLAND... HENRYTON...OWINGS MILLS AND GARRISON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 92 min |
| Jul 19, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles | 65 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.