Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 8:43 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 5, 2002, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2002, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | South Portion, MD | Several trees and power lines 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Jun 5, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 300 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THRU THU NIGHT... THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED - NOW ITS JUST WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. DAYTIME HEATING/HI RH HAS PUSHED SFC BASED CAPE OVR 3000 IN MUCH OF THE CWA. ANY CELLS THAT DO DVLP COULD BE PULSE SVR. BETTER CHC WOULD BE LATER THIS AFTN/EVE AS FNTL BAND DRAWS CLOSER. BOXES HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS OH/KY...AND XPCT THESE WL CONTINUE BEING ISSUED INTO THE EVENING HRS. SPC IS CONSIDERING BOXING MUCH OF OUR CWA. STAY TUNED... MDLS CONTINUALLY SLOW THE PROGRESS OF THE FNT...W/ WK WV FORMING OVR SRN VA THURS AFTN. DAY 2 OUTLOOK CONTINUES CHC OF SVR IN THE SE CORNER OF THE CWA...AND GNRL TSTMS ACROSS RMDR OF AREA THURS. WL CONTINUE POPS DURING THU/THU NGT. TEMPS COOLER ON THURS W/ INCRSD CLD CVR. WOODY LONG TERM...FRI THRU NEXT WED... SHORTWAVE PUSHES THRU THE AREA FRI AND SHOVES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ASSOCD SFC WAVES TO THE SE OF THE AREA. HGTS RISE OVR THE WEEKEND AS STG UPR LVL RIDGE BUILDS ALG THE E COAST. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE AREA LATE FRI INTO THE WEEKEND THEN SHIFTS OFFSHR BY MON. UPR LVL RDG SHIFTS OFFSHR BY TUE/WED AND NEXT UPR LVL TROF MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE ASSOCD SFC FNT WILL MOVE ACRS THE REGION WED. TREND HAS BEEN FOR THE MODELS TO SLOW DOWN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR LATE THU AND FRI. WILL KEEP CHC OF SHRA GOING INTO EARLY FRI MORNING IN AREAS E OF THE BLUE RDG. MODELS UNANIMOUSLY CLR THINGS OUT FOR LATE FRI WITH CLR SKIES OVR THE WEEKEND. AIR MASS OVR THE AREA WILL BE PLEASANT BY JUNE STANDARDS. ONLY THING TO WATCH FOR IS THE ONSHORE FLOW BUT WITH SFC HIGH OVRHD...THINK SUBSIDENCE WILL RULE SO CLR FCST. SOME CI COMING OVR THE RDG ON MON BUT STILL M/S. AIR MASS SHOULD BECOME UNSTABLE AS UPR LVL RDG AND SFC HIGH SLIDE OFFSHR SO WILL HAVE CHC SHRA/TSRA BEGINNING TUE AFT/EVE WITH A BETTER CHC WED AS CDFNT MOVES THRU THE AREA. WITH SUCH A STRONG UPR LVL RDG AND HIGH HEIGHTS LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WENT A BIT ABV MRF MAX TEMPS AND EVEN I MAY NOT HAVE GONE WARM ENOUGH. WALSTON .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
609 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM INWOOD WV WIND DAMAGE
06/05/02 BERKELEY TREE DOWN ON HOUSE
JLWLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
622 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM BERRYVILLE VA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/02 CLARKE TREE DOWN
JLWLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
624 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM PHILOMONT VA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/02 LOUDOUN TREES DOWN
JLWLocal storm report, Jun 5, 7:52 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 67 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 68 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 68 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 29 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 31 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 46 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 46 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 25 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 59 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 78 min |
| Jun 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard | 38 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.