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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 6, 1996Prince George's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 1996, 10:51 AM EDT for Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 6, 1996, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1996, 11:25 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Prince George's County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.6

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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 Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 5:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton5 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville5 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXHighland5 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Waynesboro5 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXNelson5 hr
Sep 6, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock4 hr
Sep 6, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah, Warren4 hr
Sep 6, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Harrisonburg4 hr
Sep 6, 8:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester4 hr
Sep 6, 8:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier4 hr
Sep 6, 8:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXOrange4 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXLoudoun6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMadison, Page, Rappahannock, Warren6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Fairfax6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXHighland6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXNelson6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Waynesboro6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Staunton6 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Charlottesville6 hr
Sep 6, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Orange6 hr
Sep 6, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier6 hr
Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXRockingham, City of Harrisonburg3 hr
Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAugusta, City of Waynesboro3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXNelson3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Fairfax3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXHighland3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXStafford3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Staunton3 hr
Sep 6, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince George's6 hr
Sep 6, 10:46 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXMontgomery49 min
Sep 6, 11:48 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXHoward32 min
Sep 6, 1:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll31 min
Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAllegany, Washington3 hr
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCharles3 hr
Sep 6, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Washington2 hr
Sep 6, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAllegany2 hr
Sep 6, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince George's2 hr
Sep 6, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGrant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral4 hr
Sep 6, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXJefferson4 hr
Sep 6, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPendleton4 hr
Sep 6, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGrant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral6 hr
Sep 6, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXJefferson6 hr
Sep 6, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPendleton6 hr
Sep 6, 10:49 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXHardy36 min
Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGrant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton3 hr
Sep 6, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGrant, Hampshire, Mineral2 hr

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.