Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 7:37 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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 2, 1998, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 8:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Howard County, MD, Prince George's County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Laurel, MD | |
| Jun 2, 8:35 PM EDT | Hail 2 | Crofton, MD | |
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Annapolis, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Allegany | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Baltimore | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.