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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 10, 2000Baltimore County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2000, 5:06 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Maryland. It was in force for 24 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: May 10, 2000, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Whole counties

County Baltimore County, MD

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KLWX 102107
TORWBC
MDC005-102130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
506 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKLANDVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PIKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   HAMPTON AT 512 PM EDT
   LONG GREEN AT 518 PM EDT
   KINGSVILLE AT 526 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.END/ DW/MKM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Prince George's	55 min
May 10, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Washington	49 min
May 10, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	50 min
May 10, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll	40 min
May 10, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll	51 min
May 10, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Montgomery	49 min
May 10, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Howard	44 min
May 10, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery	47 min
May 10, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	City of Baltimore	47 min
May 10, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	46 min
May 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Charles	49 min
May 10, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Calvert	42 min
May 10, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Charles, Saint Mary's	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.