Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1997, 4:59 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 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
- May 1, 1997, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Southeast Portion, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 33 min |
| May 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.