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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 28, 2006Anne Arundel County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 2006, 6:34 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 28, 2006, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Anne Arundel County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 28, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2006-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Sep 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
230 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT-FRIDAY/...

SPC HAS BOXED SWRN VA. NEW MESO DSCN JUST RLSD BY SPC HILITES SVR
PTNL ESPECIALLY IN I-95 CORRIDOR INTO SE PA. IN OUR CWA FEEL
GREATEST THREAT WL BE ACRS VA UP TO THE PTMC RVR AND LOWER SRN MD.
AS STATED IN ERLR PRODUCTS FEEL MOST LKLY THREAT IS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. NOTICED EKN CURRENTLY NW G33KT.

SO FNT IS ON ITS WAY...AND XPCTD TO MV E OF THE BAY BTWN 03-06Z. BLV
PCPN WL DEGRADE TO A GNRL RA DURG THE NGT TIME HRS...ENDING B4
SUNRISE. BLV SKIES E OF THE MTNS COULD HV A START OF GNRLY CLR...BUT
THEN W/ WINDS KICKING UP A BKN SC DECK COULD FORM BY MID MRNG...BRKG
UP B4 SUNDOWN.

TEMPS M50S TNGT...MU60S FRI.

WOODY

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NGT-THURSDAY/...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD FRIDAY NIGHT AND EXIT EAST OF THE
REGION SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION AREAS OF FROST FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE. CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
REACH THE MID TO EVEN A FEW LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. GIVEN THE
TIME OF YEAR AND DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MOS GUIDANCE...WILL HOLD OFF
ON ISSUING A 3RD PERIOD ADVISORY. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SHIFT.

AT THE SURFACE...THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH
FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHEAST TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY SUNDAY
NIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST
BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT
FRONTAL SYSTEM. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. AFTER A COOL BEGINNING OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...
TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO CLIMATE NORMALS.

SEA

&&

.AVIATION...

CIG/VSBY DEGRADATION THIS EVE IN TSTMS W/ G35 PSBL. WINDS SLACKEN
OVRNGT B4 KICKING UP AGN FRI MRNG. CHO MOST KLY TO HV VSBY REDUCTION
IN FOG OVRNGT.

&&

.MARINE...SCA IN EFFECT THRU FRI AFTN.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 UNTIL 3 PM FRIDAY.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
316 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-
025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ048>055-291015-
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-
PENDLETON-HARDY-
316 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE
EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT
COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER
AND MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
ALONG THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.

AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SEVERE
WEATHER OPERATIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
525 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NNE BORING            39.65N 76.76W
09/28/2006                   BALTIMORE          MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN OVER NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

&&

MANNING
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
526 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

MDZ004>006-009>011-282215-
CARROLL MD-FREDERICK MD-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD-NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD-
526 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

...WIND GUST HEADING EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...

AT 526 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WAS HEADING TOWARDS BALTIMORE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MARYLAND. AT
5:25 THE GUST HAD REACHED FREDERICK. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN MARYLAND
AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

STRONG
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:56 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier51 min
Sep 28, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park25 min
Sep 28, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX116 min
Sep 28, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax48 min
Sep 28, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Sep 28, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Sep 28, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington24 min
Sep 28, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCarroll42 min
Sep 28, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore42 min
Sep 28, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHoward33 min
Sep 28, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's32 min
Sep 28, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHarford35 min
Sep 28, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHampshire, Morgan62 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.