Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1996, 5:40 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 24, 1996, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Prince George's County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewater, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KWBC 242139 TORWBC MDC003-033-MDZ502-242210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STERLING VA 540 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 610 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ...EXTREME EASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MARYLAND ...SOUTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AT 536 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EXTREME EASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY NEAR UPPER MARLBORO...MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH TOWARD SOUTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND MAY DO SO AGAIN. IT IS ADVISABLE TO MOVE TO SHELTER NOW...BEFORE LIFE-THREATENING WEATHER REACHES YOUR AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE bLOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. JLW/PAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles, Prince George's | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles, Saint Mary's | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.