Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Jun 26, 2000, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Calvert County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD

245 
WUUS51 KLWX 262217
SVRWBC
MDC009-037-262300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
617 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
  ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF LUSBY TO 7
  MILES SOUTH OF LEONARDTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER CALIFORNIA AT 622 PM
  OVER COVE POINT AT 624 PM
  OVER DRUM POINT AT 628 PM
  OVER LEXINGTON PARK...PINEY POINT AT 634 PM
  OVER ST. MARYS CITY AT 644 PM

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

AS THE STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE INTO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3868 7656 3841 7656 3813 7682 3812 7611
          3840 7584 3867 7584
JA/HTS

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
230 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2000

MDL GUIDANCE LATE THIS AFTRN AND USING ICWF...SO FCST BASED ON 00Z
CYCLE WITH LAST MINUTE INPUT FROM WHAT IS AVBL FROM THE 12Z CYCLE.

ATMS OVR THE AREA CONTS UNSTABLE THIS AFT. NO SYNOPTIC SCALE TRIGGER
TO ACT ON. HOWEVER...ISOLD/SCT CNVCTN PSBL THRU EARLY EVE ALONG
MESOSCALE FEATURES AND OVR MTNS WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT WL ENHANCE
DVLPMT. AFTER SUNSET...EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIE OFF AND BE GONE BY
MIDNGT.

LOOKS LIKE A BETTER CHC OF MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION ON TUE. SHRTWV
MVS TOWARD THE AREA FM W. THE ASSOCD SFC BNDRY APPROACHES DURING THE
AFT/EVE HRS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE IDEA OF LIKELY POPS. WL WORD IT
AS AFT/EVE OVR THE MTNS AND LATE AFT/EVE E OF THE MTNS. SFC BNDRY
GETS HUNG UP OVR THE AREA TUE NIGHT AND WED AS IT BECOMES PARALLEL
TO UPR LVL FLO SO WL KEEP POPS IN FCST INTO 4TH PD.

FCSTID = 15

.LW!X...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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