Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 9, 2001Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 7:55 PM EDT for Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 9, 2001, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Harford County, MD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MDScattered trees were downed.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2001-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2001-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
728 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

QUICK ZN UPDATE FOR SVR TSTM WATCH ISSUED THRU MIDNIGHT.

FCSTID = 13...PAP

.LWX...
DC...SVR $TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MD...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EXCEPT ST MARYS COUNTY.
VA...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHERN TIER OF
COUNTIES.
WV...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
MDZ002>004-WVZ048>052-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
700 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7 AND 9:30 THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.f

STRONG
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:49 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
MDZ005>007-009>011-VAZ028-031-042-WVZ048>050-055-090100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
749 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MARYLAND AND THE
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7:45 AND 9:30 THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STRONG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick54 min
Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington54 min
Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll65 min
Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXJefferson54 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.